Abstract
Background
Migration is a milestone event in a person’s life, bringing with it thechallenges of settling down in an unfamiliar environment. The age atwhich migration takes place and the way migrants negotiate their oldand new world significantly impacts their mental health.
Thus, this systematic review seeks to analyse and summarize existingresearch detailing the contexts in which people migrate later in lifeand the associations between these contexts and social determinantsof their mental health and well-being.
Methods
Seven databases including PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed,Applied Social Sciences Index, Abstracts: ASSIA, Ageline, CINAHL, andInformit will be searched systematically for original journal articlespublished in English. In the first screening stage, the first reviewer(PB) will screen all titles and abstracts and mark all potentially eligibletexts for full-text screening. The second reviewer (HM) will review thedecisions made. Any potential conflicts will be resolved withdiscussion. Afterward, full texts of potentially eligible studies will beassessed for eligibility by two reviewers (PB and HM). Themethodological quality (or risk of bias) of individual studies will beappraised using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. The thematic synthesis of the data will be performed using a hybrid approachincorporating deductive (framed against a customised socialdeterminants of health framework) and inductive data-drivenprocesses. The review protocol was registered in the InternationalProspective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) (Reg:CRD42022359881).
Migration is a milestone event in a person’s life, bringing with it thechallenges of settling down in an unfamiliar environment. The age atwhich migration takes place and the way migrants negotiate their oldand new world significantly impacts their mental health.
Thus, this systematic review seeks to analyse and summarize existingresearch detailing the contexts in which people migrate later in lifeand the associations between these contexts and social determinantsof their mental health and well-being.
Methods
Seven databases including PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMed,Applied Social Sciences Index, Abstracts: ASSIA, Ageline, CINAHL, andInformit will be searched systematically for original journal articlespublished in English. In the first screening stage, the first reviewer(PB) will screen all titles and abstracts and mark all potentially eligibletexts for full-text screening. The second reviewer (HM) will review thedecisions made. Any potential conflicts will be resolved withdiscussion. Afterward, full texts of potentially eligible studies will beassessed for eligibility by two reviewers (PB and HM). Themethodological quality (or risk of bias) of individual studies will beappraised using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. The thematic synthesis of the data will be performed using a hybrid approachincorporating deductive (framed against a customised socialdeterminants of health framework) and inductive data-drivenprocesses. The review protocol was registered in the InternationalProspective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) (Reg:CRD42022359881).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-16 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | F1000Research |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Mar 2024 |
Keywords
- migrants
- immigrant
- elderly
- later-life
- old age
- mental health
- well-being
- systematic review protocol
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