84368 20210121114547.0 doi 10.1111/tmi.12615 sideral 114445 ART-2015-114445 eng Diaz, E. Multimorbidity among registered immigrants in Norway: the role of reason for migration and length of stay 2015 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Objectives International migration is rapidly increasing worldwide. However, the health status of migrants differs across groups. Information regarding health at arrival and subsequent periodic follow-up in the host country is necessary to develop equitable health care to immigrants. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of the length of stay in Norway and other sociodemographic variables on the prevalence of multimorbidity across immigrant groups (refugees, labour immigrants, family reunification immigrants and education immigrants). Methods This is a register-based study merging data from the National Population Register and the Norwegian Health Economics Administration database. Sociodemographic variables and multimorbidity across the immigrant groups were compared using Persons’ chi-square test and anova as appropriate. Several binary logistic regression models were conducted. Results Multimorbidity was significantly lower among labour immigrants (OR (95% CI) 0.23 (0.21–0.26) and 0.45 (0.40–0.50) for men and women, respectively) and education immigrants (OR (95% CI) 0.40 (0.32–0.50) and 0.38 (0.33–0.43)) and higher among refugees (OR (95% CI) 1.67 (1.57–1.78) and 1.83 (1.75–1.92)), compared to family reunification immigrants. For all groups, multimorbidity doubled after a five-year stay in Norway. Effect modifications between multimorbidity and sociodemographic characteristics across the different reasons for migration were observed. Conclusions Multimorbidity was highest among refugees at arrival but increased rapidly among labour immigrants, especially females. Health providers need to ensure tailor-made preventive and management strategies that take into account pre-migration and post-migration experiences for immigrants in order to address their needs. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 2.519 2015 TROPICAL MEDICINE 3 / 19 = 0.158 2015 Q1 T1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 45 / 173 = 0.26 2015 Q2 T1 1.559 2015 Infectious Diseases 2015 Q1 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2015 Q1 Parasitology 2015 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Kumar, B.N. (orcid)0000-0003-2928-6623 Gimeno-Feliu, L.A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9064-9222 Calderon-Larrañaga, A. Poblador-Pou, B. (orcid)0000-0002-5704-6056 Prados-Torres, A. Universidad de Zaragoza 1007 610 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Area Medicina 1008 615 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Microb.Med.Pr.,Sal.Públ. Área Medic.Prevent.Salud Públ. 20, 12 (2015), 1805-1814 TM IH, Trop. med. int. health TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH 1360-2276 136321 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/84368/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 91530 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/84368/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:84368 articulos driver 2021-01-21-11:19:49 ARTICLE