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Socioeconomic status and biomedical risk factors in migrants and native tuberculosis patients in Italy
- Source :
- BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 12, p e0189425 (2017), PLoS ONE, PLOS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Action on social determinants is a main component of the World Health Organization End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy. The aim of the study was to collect information on socioeconomic characteristics and biomedical risk factors in migrant TB patients in Italy and compare it with data collected among Italian TB patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted among TB patients aged 18 years over a 12-months enrolment period in 12 major Italian hospitals. Information on education, employment, housing and income was collected, and European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions index was used to assess material deprivation. Among migrants, we also analyzed factors associated with severe material deprivation. Migrants were compared with younger (18â64 years) and older (65+ years) Italians patients. Out of 755 patients enrolled (with a median age of 42 years, interquartile range: 31â53), 65% were migrants. Pulmonary, microbiologically confirmed, and new cases were 80%, 73%, and 87% respectively. Prevalence of co-morbidities (i.e. diabetes, chronic kidney disease, neoplastic diseases and use of immunosuppressive drugs) was lower among migrants compared to Italian TB patients, while indicators of socioeconomic status, income and housing conditions were worst in migrants. Forty-six percent of migrants were severely deprived vs. 9% of Italians (p
- Subjects :
- Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Male
European People
Cross-sectional study
Social Sciences
Comorbidity
Biochemistry
Geographical locations
Endocrinology
0302 clinical medicine
Ethnicities
Public and Occupational Health
lcsh:Science
media_common
education.field_of_study
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Patient
Geography
Incidence
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
Italy
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Human
Tuberculosis
Endocrine Disorders
Tuberculosi
Italien
Human Geography
Social class
03 medical and health sciences
Diabetes Mellitus
Humans
media_common.cataloged_instance
European union
Migration, Sociology of Migration
education
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Socioeconomic status
Poverty
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studie
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Adult
Chronic Disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult
Social Class
Transients and Migrants
lcsh:R
Tropical Diseases
medicine.disease
Health Care
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Housing
Population Groupings
lcsh:Q
Medizinsoziologie
Demography
Bacterial Diseases
lcsh:Medicine
Socioeconomic Factor
Sociology & anthropology
sozioökonomische Faktoren
Medical Sociology
Medicine and Health Sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Migration
risk
Multidisciplinary
Incidence (epidemiology)
Italian People
Social Cla
Europe
Infectious Diseases
ddc:300
ddc:301
Research Article
030231 tropical medicine
Population
biomedicine
socioeconomic factors
Inländer
Transients and Migrant
medicine
Risiko
European Union
Social determinants of health
business.industry
Risk Factor
Migrant
native citizen
Biomedizin
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Metabolic Disorders
People and Places
Earth Sciences
business
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 12, p e0189425 (2017), PLoS ONE, PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c711ee6c0ece969f667d7b4c023ca833