Perceived discrimination as a barrier for the adequate treatment of chronic diseases in venezuelan migrants from peru

• Autores: Delgado-Flores, C., Cutire, O.S.,, Cvetkovic-Vega, A., Nieto-Gutierrez, W.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Continental
• Repositorio: CONTINENTAL-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.continental.edu.pe:20.500.12394/10106
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12394/10106; https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720210029
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Emigrantes e imigrantes; Terapeutica; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.02.02

Objective: To determine the association between perceived discrimination and receiving adequate treatment for chronic diseases in Venezuelan migrants. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was performed. This is a secondary analysis of the ENPOVE national survey from Peru. The association between the perceived discrimination and receiving adequate treatment for chronic diseases was evaluated using a Poisson regression model, considering the adjusted effect of the multistage sampling. Results: A total of 865 migrants were evaluated (age: 36.6 ± 0.7 years and 58.2% women). Of these, 54.8% perceived discrimination, and 89.2% did not receive adequate treatment for chronic diseases. Perceived discrimination was significantly associated with a lower prevalence of receiving adequate treatment for chronic diseases (PRa = 0.49; 95%CI 0.25 – 0.97). Conclusion: This study evidenced that perceived discrimination decreases the prevalence of receiving adequate treatment for chronic diseases by approximately 50% compared with those who did not perceive discrimination. Keywords: Emigrants and immigrants. Chronic disease. Public health. Venezuela. Peru. Therapeutics.