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Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada

Primary Health Care is a gateway of healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has modified the process of delivering care. We aimed to assess Albertan's healthcare experiences during the pandemic and compared experiences between Albertans that were born in and outside Canada. A cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Bajgain, Bishnu Bahadur, Jackson, Jeanette, Aghajafari, Fariba, Bolo, Carmelle, Santana, Maria-Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221112707
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author Bajgain, Bishnu Bahadur
Jackson, Jeanette
Aghajafari, Fariba
Bolo, Carmelle
Santana, Maria-Jose
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Jackson, Jeanette
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description Primary Health Care is a gateway of healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has modified the process of delivering care. We aimed to assess Albertan's healthcare experiences during the pandemic and compared experiences between Albertans that were born in and outside Canada. A cross-sectional online survey (experiences and impacts of COVID-19) was conducted in October 2020, 16 years, and older Albertans. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were performed using STATA. Of 10 175 study participants, 10% were born outside Canada. Demographics were significantly different between the 2 groups (P < .05). Results revealed that Canadian-born were more likely to report worse mental and physical health status (AOR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.17-1.56), and higher stress, anxiety, and depression during the pandemic (AOR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.16-1.60) than those born outside Canada. However, Canadian-born reported a trend toward better virtual care experiences (AOR = 1.16; 95% CI: 0.94-1.44). Albertans reported negative health impacts due to delay in care during the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19, which was not significantly difference among the cohorts (P > .05). The study findings can inform primary healthcare providers and policymakers that could be used to develop quality improvement strategies.
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spelling pubmed-92774292022-07-14 Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada Bajgain, Bishnu Bahadur Jackson, Jeanette Aghajafari, Fariba Bolo, Carmelle Santana, Maria-Jose J Patient Exp COVID-19: Patient and Clinician Experiences-Research Article Primary Health Care is a gateway of healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has modified the process of delivering care. We aimed to assess Albertan's healthcare experiences during the pandemic and compared experiences between Albertans that were born in and outside Canada. A cross-sectional online survey (experiences and impacts of COVID-19) was conducted in October 2020, 16 years, and older Albertans. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were performed using STATA. Of 10 175 study participants, 10% were born outside Canada. Demographics were significantly different between the 2 groups (P < .05). Results revealed that Canadian-born were more likely to report worse mental and physical health status (AOR = 1.36; 95% CI: 1.17-1.56), and higher stress, anxiety, and depression during the pandemic (AOR = 1.37; 95% CI: 1.16-1.60) than those born outside Canada. However, Canadian-born reported a trend toward better virtual care experiences (AOR = 1.16; 95% CI: 0.94-1.44). Albertans reported negative health impacts due to delay in care during the pandemic and vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19, which was not significantly difference among the cohorts (P > .05). The study findings can inform primary healthcare providers and policymakers that could be used to develop quality improvement strategies. SAGE Publications 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9277429/ /pubmed/35846243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221112707 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Jackson, Jeanette
Aghajafari, Fariba
Bolo, Carmelle
Santana, Maria-Jose
Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title_full Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title_fullStr Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title_short Immigrant Healthcare Experiences and Impacts During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study in Alberta, Canada
title_sort immigrant healthcare experiences and impacts during covid-19: a cross-sectional study in alberta, canada
topic COVID-19: Patient and Clinician Experiences-Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735221112707
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