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Elderly Japanese emigrants to Brazil before World War II
— 1. Clinical profiles based on specific historical background | | Author(s) | Mitsue Meguro, Kenichi Meguro, Paulo Caramelli |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 8, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 768-774 |
| Keywords | Emigration ; Japan ; Medical care ; Immigrants ; Brazil ; Cross cultural surveys. |
| Annotation | 166 Japanese immigrants to Brazil aged 65+ (mean age 77.5) belonging to the Miyagi Association in the Sao Paolo Metropolitan Area were interviewed. 66% immigrated when they were younger than 14. 94% of them still keep Japanese nationality. 57% of them usually use Japanese, while 10% use Portuguese. Their immigration history was found to affect their clinical profiles. Although their emigration histories were hard, 76% of them perceived their health as being excellent or relatively good. The percentages of subjects with histories of disease were: hypertension 52.5%; cardiac disease 20.8%; diabetes mellitus 24.2%; and hyperlipidemia 25%, which were affected by the Brazilian environment. Older Japanese people who emigrated to Brazil before World war II have a unique historical and demographic background. Their clinical profiles cannot be fully understood without knowing their histories; but they definitely need high quality psychogeriatric care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010928206 A |
| Classmark | TNM: 7DT: LK: TJ: 7W6: 3KA |
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