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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Health related quality of life of immigrant children: towards a new pattern in Germany?

Authors: Ester Villalonga-Olives, Nicole von Steinbüchel, Claudia Witte, Erich Kasten, Ichiro Kawachi, Christiane Kiese-Himmel

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

To study Health related quality of life (HRQoL) of a sample of kindergarten children with migration background.

Methods

Five kindergartens in Frankfurt/Main and Darmstadt (Germany) participated. HRQoL was measured with the Kiddy-KINDL (KK) in 3 to 5 year old children. We examined the associations of HRQoL with socio-demographic variables, positive development and resilience, socio-emotional and motor development. Linear regression models were applied to examine differences in HRQoL between migrant and native-born German children.

Results

The response rate was 90.5% (N = 283). The children had predominantly migrant background (81.35%). Perceived health was slightly higher in migrants (69.85, SD 17.00) compared to native-born German children (68.33, SD 17.31, p > 0.05), even though migrant children were characterized by a lower socio-economic status (p < 0.01).

Conclusions

Results suggest that HRQoL at early ages in our study exhibits a different pattern than reported previously in studies among older individuals. We attribute the discrepancy partly to a possible changing pattern of migration in Europe with more migrants capable to migrate with healthy profiles, and to the age of our population. Our findings underscore the need to study the life course trajectory of HRQoL among young immigrants and replication in representative samples.
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Metadata
Title
Health related quality of life of immigrant children: towards a new pattern in Germany?
Authors
Ester Villalonga-Olives
Nicole von Steinbüchel
Claudia Witte
Erich Kasten
Ichiro Kawachi
Christiane Kiese-Himmel
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-790

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