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 -