Table 1.
Reason for referrals by Native Austrians, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian and Turkish speaking migrants
| Native Austriansa
(N = 800) |
Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian speakingb
(N = 163) |
Turkish speakingc
(N = 130) |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasons for referral | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Psychotic disorders | 2 | 0.4 | 7 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | – | 2 | 5.4 |
| Alcohol intoxication | 5 | 1.1 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Drug intoxication | 12 | 2.7 | 16 | 4.6 | 5 | 4.9 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Suicide attempt | 66 | 14.6 | 23 | 6.6 | 23 | 22.3 | 4 | 6.7 | 22 | 23.7 | 8 | 21.6 |
| Suicidal ideation | 53 | 11.8 | 42 | 12.0 | 5 | 4.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 7 | 7.5 | 0 | – |
| Self-harming behaviour | 29 | 6.4 | 6 | 1.7 | 4 | 3.9 | 3 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Acute stress disorder | 110 | 24.4 | 57 | 16.3 | 20 | 19.4 | 11 | 18.3 | 18 | 19.4 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Depressive episode | 33 | 7.3 | 22 | 6.3 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.7 | 7 | 18.9 |
| Anxiety/panic disorders | 41 | 9.1 | 37 | 10.6 | 10 | 9.7 | 6 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.8 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Child abuse | 0 | – | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | – |
| Eating disorders | 37 | 8.2 | 7 | 2.0 | 5 | 4.9 | 3 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | – |
| Pain | 21 | 4.7 | 16 | 4.6 | 6 | 5.8 | 7 | 11.7 | 10 | 10.8 | 3 | 8.1 |
| Behavioural problems | 25 | 5.5 | 93 | 26.6 | 10 | 9.7 | 14 | 23.3 | 6 | 6.5 | 4 | 10.8 |
| School refusal | 7 | 1.6 | 10 | 2.9 | 7 | 6.8 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Sexual abuse | 10 | 2.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | – | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | – |
| Total | 451 | 100 | 349 | 100 | 103 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 93 | 100 | 37 | 100 |
a(X2 = 114.343; df = 14; p < 0.001)
b(X2 = 19.180; df = 13; p = 0.118)
c(X2 = 13.465; df = 11; p = 0.264)
The above-mentioned significances refer to all reasons for acute referrals