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dc.contributor.authorHjellset, Victoria Telle
dc.contributor.authorIhlebæk, Camilla Martha
dc.contributor.authorBjørge, Benedikte
dc.contributor.authorEriksen, Hege Randi
dc.contributor.authorHøstmark, Arne T.
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-24T10:13:49Z
dc.date.available2011-02-24T10:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2010eng
dc.PublishedJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health 1-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn1557-1912
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/4529
dc.description.abstractThe increasingly high number of immigrants from South-East Asia with The Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is an important challenge for the public health sector. Impaired glucose is essential in MetS. The blood glucose concentration is not only governed by diet and physical activity, but also by psychological distress which could contribute to the development of MetS. The aim of this study is to describe health-related quality of life, subjective health complaints (SHC), psychological distress, and coping in Pakistani immigrant women, with and without MetS. As a part of an randomized controlled intervention study in Oslo, Norway, female Pakistani immigrants (n = 198) answered questionnaires regarding health related quality of life, SHC, psychological distress, and coping. Blood variables were determined and a standardized oral glucose tolerance test was performed. The participants had a high score on SHC and psychological distress. About 40% of the participants had MetS, and this group showed significantly lower general health, lower physical function, and more bodily pain, than those without MetS. Those with MetS also had more SHC, depressive symptoms, higher levels of somatisation, and scored significantly lower on the coping strategy of active problem solving. Pakistani immigrant women seem to have a high prevalence of SHC and psychological distress, especially those with MetS.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NCeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/eng
dc.subjectPakistani immigrant womeneng
dc.subjectImmigrationeng
dc.subjectPsychological distresseng
dc.subjectCopingeng
dc.subjectMetabolic syndromeeng
dc.titleHealth-Related Quality of Life, Subjective Health Complaints, Psychological Distress and Coping in Pakistani Immigrant Women With and Without the Metabolic Syndrome : The InnvaDiab-DEPLAN Study on Pakistani Immigrant Women Living in Oslo, Norwayeng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright The Author(s) 2010. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s) 2010eng
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-010-9409-6
dc.identifier.cristin798364


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