TY - JOUR
T1 - Motherland or home country
T2 - A comparative study of quality of life among Jews from the former Soviet Union who immigrated to Israel, Jews in Russia, and Israeli nonimmigrants
AU - Amir, Marianne
AU - Ayalon, Liat
AU - Varshavsky, Sergei
AU - Bulygina, Natalia
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant 1 R01 AM19764 from the National Institutes of Health. The authors gratefully acknowledge the excellent surgical assistance of Ms. Carol Gross.
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - The present study's aim was to compare health-related quality of life (QoL) as measured by the SF-36 between 51 Jews from the former Soviet Union who immigrated to Israel between 3 and 8 years ago (Group 1) and 52 Jews who currently live in Russia (Group 2). Both were compared to a matched control group of 49 veteran Jewish nonimmigrant Israelis (Group 3). The results showed few differences between Group 1 and Group 2. However, both groups scored significantly lower than Group 3 on five of the eight subscales on the SF-36. It was concluded that Russian Jews who had immigrated to Israel did not differ significantly with regard to QoL compared to those who stayed behind in Russia and that more than 8 years are needed to reach the level of veteran Israelis who enjoy better QoL than both Jews in Russia and former Russians who immigrated to Israel.
AB - The present study's aim was to compare health-related quality of life (QoL) as measured by the SF-36 between 51 Jews from the former Soviet Union who immigrated to Israel between 3 and 8 years ago (Group 1) and 52 Jews who currently live in Russia (Group 2). Both were compared to a matched control group of 49 veteran Jewish nonimmigrant Israelis (Group 3). The results showed few differences between Group 1 and Group 2. However, both groups scored significantly lower than Group 3 on five of the eight subscales on the SF-36. It was concluded that Russian Jews who had immigrated to Israel did not differ significantly with regard to QoL compared to those who stayed behind in Russia and that more than 8 years are needed to reach the level of veteran Israelis who enjoy better QoL than both Jews in Russia and former Russians who immigrated to Israel.
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U2 - 10.1177/0022022199030006003
DO - 10.1177/0022022199030006003
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AN - SCOPUS:0033438927
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 30
SP - 712
EP - 721
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 6
ER -