TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brand, Tilman
AU  - Samkange-Zeeb, Florence
AU  - Dragano, Nico
AU  - Keil, Thomas
AU  - Krist, Lilian
AU  - Yesil-Jürgens, Rahsan
AU  - Schlaud, Martin
AU  - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
AU  - Razum, Oliver
AU  - Reiss, Katharina
AU  - Greiser, Karin Halina
AU  - Zimmermann, Heiko
AU  - Becher, Heiko
AU  - Zeeb, Hajo
TI  - Participation of Turkish Migrants in an Epidemiological Study: Does the Recruitment Strategy Affect the Sample Characteristics?
JO  - Journal of immigrant and minority health
VL  - 21
IS  - 4
SN  - 1557-1920
CY  - Berlin [u.a.]
PB  - Springer Science+Business Media
M1  - DKFZ-2020-00185
SP  - 811 - 819
PY  - 2019
AB  - Migrants are often poorly represented in epidemiological studies which limits the generalizability of the results of population-based studies. This study aimed to assess whether a community-based sampling (CBS) of persons of Turkish origin leads to differences in the participants' characteristics compared to a register-based sampling (RBS). The two sampling strategies were used to recruit participants in three cities in Germany (CBS: n = 641; RBS: n = 578). We compared sociodemographic, migration- and health-related characteristics. Census data were used as an external reference. Lower German language skills and a lower acculturation status were more prevalent in the CBS than in the RBS. While age and sex adjusted obesity prevalence differed [CBS: 37.8 (33.6-42.4); RBS 30.0 (26.3-34.0); census data 19.1 (18.2-20.1)], most other health indicators were similar across the samples. In conclusion, the CBS approach led to a greater representation of persons of Turkish origin with lower language skills and lower acculturation status. Nevertheless, both recruitment strategies provided similar estimates of health status indicators.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30027505
DO  - DOI:10.1007/s10903-018-0788-4
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/153103
ER  -