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| A comparison of mental health among minority ethnic elders and whites in East and North London | | Author(s) | E R T Silveira, S Ebrahim |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 3, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 375-384 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Life satisfaction ; Chronic illness ; Ethnic groups ; Asian people ; White people ; London. |
| Annotation | Minority ethnic groups, particularly older people, reported substantially more limiting long-term illness than the white population in the 1991 UK census. This study aimed to compare the levels of and examine associations between disability, chronic medical diagnoses, mood and life satisfaction among Bengali, Somali, Gujarati and white older people living in North and East London. The Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Scale (SAD) and the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI) were used. The highest SAD scores were found among Bengalis; lowest LSI scores were found among Bengalis and Somalis. The prevalences of depression were very variable. Chronic health problems and SAD scores were associated among Somalis, Bengalis and East London whites. Chronic health problems also related to lower LSI scores among Somalis and East London whites. The study concluded that the marked variation in mental health between different ethnic groups may be a reflection of differences in perception of symptoms, expectations and motivations for taking part in surveys. Cross-cultural application of standardised assessment scales is not straightforward and further work is needed to examine such methods. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981208239 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: F:5HH: CI: TK: TKK: TKA: 82L |
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