PMID- 24966706
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140626
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1179-1578 (Print)
IS  - 1179-1578 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-1578 (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 2014
TI  - Somatic perception, cultural differences and immigration: results from 
      administration of the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ) to a 
      sample of immigrants.
PG  - 161-6
LID - 10.2147/PRBM.S55393 [doi]
AB  - The number of immigrants in Italy has doubled every 10 years from 1972 and Genoa 
      hosts two large communities of immigrants from South America and Africa. We 
      investigated differences in the somatic perception between immigrants and 
      Italians and between South Americans and Africans living in the city of Genoa. 
      During a 7 month period, an anonymous questionnaire asking for sociodemographic 
      information and the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ) were 
      administered to all immigrants accessing an outpatient clinic or the general 
      practitioners offices. MSPQ mean scores were significantly higher in immigrant 
      patients than in Italian patients, after adjusting for sex and age differences. 
      We found no differences between South Americans and Africans in MSPQ score. The 
      tendency to express discomfort through physical symptoms appears to be related to 
      being a foreigner who arrived in Italy through a migratory trip and also to being 
      a person who comes from a cultural context that is very different from the one of 
      developed countries.
FAU - Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
AU  - Bragazzi NL
AD  - Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and 
      Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
FAU - Puente, Giovanni Del
AU  - Puente GD
AD  - Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and 
      Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
FAU - Natta, Werner Maria
AU  - Natta WM
AD  - Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and 
      Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140612
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Psychol Res Behav Manag
JT  - Psychology research and behavior management
JID - 101514563
PMC - PMC4062560
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ)
OT  - immigrants
OT  - somatization
OT  - transcultural psychiatry
EDAT- 2014/06/27 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/27 06:01
PMCR- 2014/06/12
CRDT- 2014/06/27 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/27 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/06/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - prbm-7-161 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/PRBM.S55393 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2014 Jun 12;7:161-6. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S55393. 
      eCollection 2014.