Health-seeking behaviour among newly arrived immigrants in Denmark

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Immigrants’ healthcare-seeking behaviour; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN24905314
• Lead Sponsor: Innovation Fund Denmark

Brief Summary

2015 results in: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0017896915612855 2016 results in: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJMHSC-03-2016-0014 2017 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28077059 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29996799 (added 30/07/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2016-03-31
• Study Start: 2018-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1572

Inclusion Criteria

The study population consisted of adult immigrants attending two language schools, CBSI and Vestegnens Language and Competence School, in the greater catchment area of Copenhagen in 2012 and 2013. To be eligible for the study, the immigrants had to have basic understanding of Danish (for this reason we omitted students from module 1) which also implies that the immigrants have lived in Denmark for some time and have had some experience with the Danish healthcare system. The trialists used Statistics Denmark’s definition of an immigrant as a person who is born in a foreign country of parents who both are foreign citizens or born in a foreign country. The participants represent the mixture of migrants in Denmark: labour migrants, family reunified and refugees with different educational backgrounds and countries of birth.

Exclusion Criteria

Immigrants at module 1 at Danish language school (not sufficient Danish skills) and at module 6 (preparing for final Danish exam)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified