[A health survey and a survey of family physician house calls among Turkish and Dutch residents of Rotterdam].
This paper reports the results of a study of the health situation of Turkish and autochthonous citizens of Rotterdam (Holland). A health interview survey was held with a random sample of 250 Turkish citizens (age 19-69) and a matched group of 250 autochthonous citizens. With ten percent of the respondents a second, in-depth interview was held. With regard to (reported) presence of chronic diseases and to diseases in the two weeks preceding the interview no differences were found between Turkish and Dutch respondents. Turkish respondents answered less positively on questions that refer to subjective aspects of health. Turkish respondents consulted their general practitioner more frequently (RR = 2.62) and the dentist less frequently (RR = 0.61) than Dutch respondents. Little differences existed in frequency of visits to the medical specialist or in frequency of hospital admissions. With some caution, it may be concluded that the frequent visits to the general practitioner by Turkish respondents do not follow from differences in physical problems, but from cultural differences in the attitude towards the general practitioner.
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Afd. Epidemiologie, Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst voor Rotterdam en Omstreken.
Garretsen
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van der Maas
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D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D014505:Urban Population
Een enquête naar gezondheid en huisartsbezoek onder Turkse en Nederlandse inwoners van Rotterdam.