在大流行期间,中国移民在加拿大延迟获得医疗护理和心理困扰
Anh Thu Vo1, Lixia Yang2,3, Robin Urquhart4,5,6
1Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 29, 2024
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,延迟获得医疗护理显著增加了中国移民在加拿大的心理痛苦. 解决医疗保健准入问题对于他们的心理健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 移民健康 移民健康
背景情况:
- 在亚洲移民群体中,与流行病相关的医疗保健可获得性的心理影响尚未得到充分研究.
- 加拿大的中国移民在COVID-19大流行第二波期间面临着获得医疗保健的独特挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19大流行对北美华裔移民的影响.
- 评估该人口中延迟获得医疗护理和心理痛苦之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在加拿大的746名16岁以上的中国移民中进行了横截面调查.
- 使用了后勤LASSO和多变量后勤回归分析.
- 通过COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) 测量心理困扰;缺少的数据通过多重归因处理.
主要成果:
- 延迟获得医疗护理是心理困扰的重要预测因素 (OR = 1.362,p = 0.0095).
- 对COVID-19的恐惧 (OR = 1.604,p < 0.0001) 和社会孤独 (OR = 1.408,p < 0.0001) 也显著预测了痛苦.
- 社会人口统计学变量和其他COVID-19相关因素没有显著影响.
结论:
- 及时获得医疗护理对于中国加拿大人的心理健康至关重要.
- 建议针对移民群体进行有针对性的干预,包括可靠的健康信息,心理健康支持和虚拟护理.
- 调查结果强调需要解决医疗保健可访问性障碍,以改善移民心理健康结果.
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