The Santiago Immigrant Wellbeing Study (STRING): Prevalence of mood disorders among immigrants in Santiago, Chile

Prevalence of mood disorders and mental health service use among immigrants of the Metropolitan Region of Chile

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN96875479

Enrollment

1100

Registered

2018-10-30

Start date

2019-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-11-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Affective/Mood Disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders Affective disorders, mood disorders

Interventions

The sampling framework of the Chilean National Institute of Statistics (INE) from the 2016 Census will be used in MRS and for the purpose of this research it included the following sampling units:

second, the sampling of households within the selected PSUs and finally, the random sampling of a household member. Participants will then take part in a 45-minute interview. This inte

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Residents of the Metropolitan Area of Santiago (MAS), Chile 2. Born outside of Chile 3. Aged 18 or over 4. Lived in Chile for at least 3 months (updated 09/0/2019: for at least 6 months) Added 09/08/2019: 5. Be able to provide informed consent (participants unable to understand Spanish will not be recruited)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Inability to read and write 2. Suffering from disability or condition which makes participation in survey difficult 3. Both parents Chilean-born

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Major depressive episodes, assessed using the World Health Organisation Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI) at the study interview	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The following are assessed at the study interview: 1. Any affective disorder, assessed using the World Health Organisation Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI) 2. Bipolar disorder, assessed using the WHO-CIDI 3. Suicidal ideation, plans and attempts, assessed using the WHO-CIDI 4. Mental health service use, assessed using items SR27, SR37, SR47, SR57, SR133, SR139, SR143 and SR149 of the Services Module of the WHO-CIDI 5. Discrimination, assessed using the Spanish-validated version of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) 6. Mental wellbeing, assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) 7. Depressive symptoms, assessed using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 8. Hazardous/harmful drinking, assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) 9. Functional social support, assessed using the 11-item Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ) Added 09/08/2019: 10. Resilience assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) 11. Childhood adversity using ítems from the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire 12. Anxiety symptoms assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale	—

Measure

Time frame

The following are assessed at the study interview: 1. Any affective disorder, assessed using the World Health Organisation Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI) 2. Bipolar disorder, assessed using the WHO-CIDI 3. Suicidal ideation, plans and attempts, assessed using the WHO-CIDI 4. Mental health service use, assessed using items SR27, SR37, SR47, SR57, SR133, SR139, SR143 and SR149 of the Services Module of the WHO-CIDI 5. Discrimination, assessed using the Spanish-validated version of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) 6. Mental wellbeing, assessed using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) 7. Depressive symptoms, assessed using the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) 8. Hazardous/harmful drinking, assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) 9. Functional social support, assessed using the 11-item Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ) Added 09/08/2019: 10. Resilience assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) 11. Childhood adversity using ítems from the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire 12. Anxiety symptoms assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale

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Countries

Chile

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026