Research Article

Migration-Related Stressors and Their Effect on the Severity Level and Symptom Pattern of Depression among Vietnamese in Germany

Table 1

Sample characteristics ().


Sociodemographics
Gender
 Male26 (19.0%)
 Female111 (81.0%)
Age (in years)
Status of education
 No education75 (58.1%)
 Education completed36 (27.9%)
 Studies completed18 (14.0%)
Working status
 In work32 (24.5%)
 Unemployed71 (54.2%)
 Retired7 (5.3%)
 No working permission21 (16.0%)
German language skills
 C1/B221 (15.8%)
 A2/B131 (23.3%)
 A1/none81 (60.9%)
Acculturation characteristics
Age at migration
Years lived in Germany
Reason for migration
 Marriage migration8 (6.3%)
 Family reunification22 (17.4%)
 Labor migration72 (57.1%)
 Educational reason5 (4.0%)
 Asylum seeker12 (9.5%)
 Other reason7 (5.7%)
Residential status
 Secure117 (86.0%)
 Unsecure19 (14.0%)
Clinical characteristics
ICD-10 main diagnosis
 F32.08 (5.8%)
 F32.143 (31.4%)
 F32.27 (5.1%)
 F33.08 (5.8%)
 F33.140 (29.2%)
 F33.217 (12.4%)
 Other F3-diagnosis14 (10.3%)
Average length of symptomatology (in months)23.2 (25.6)
At least one psychiatric 65 (47.5%)

(values vary because of missing data). (standard deviation). comorbidity was assessed with the M.I.N.I. 5.0 and refers to ICD-10.