Migration Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
This prospective intervention study evaluates whether health education and basic body awareness training reduces health care consumption and improves movement quality among refugees in Sweden.
Detailed description
Migration is well known to be stressful and to have a negative impact on Health. Multidisciplinary health-promoting group interventions have significantly improved self-rated health. Further, symptom improvement was shown after implementation of physical activity in form of basic body awareness training. In this study a multimodal team consisted of a physiotherapist, nurse, psychologist, dietician, and physician held sessions of three hours weekly for a period of nine weeks. The sessions started with basic body awareness training, followed by theme discussions on symptoms and health strategies. A total of 54 participants completed the intervention. Health care consumption and movement quality were measured before and after the intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALhealth education
Health information by a multimodal team
Sponsors
Region Östergötland
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
baseline and follow up in one population
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Refugees seeking primary care consultation or rehabilitation unit aged 18-65 years were candidates for inclusion. Based on the health care provider's assessment, patients whose health symptoms could be connected to or increased by the migration process were eligible for inclusion -
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health care consumption | three months before and after intervention | number of Health care contacts |
Outcome results
None listed