Community With Immigrants - a Step on the Road to Employment

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale - 7 items (WEMWBS)

WEMWBS is a validated measure of mental well-being and contains seven questions (a shortened version of the WEMWBS - 14 items). The scoring range for each item is from 1- 5, and the total score is from 7-35. The seven items have superior scaling properties to the 14 items, and mean raw scores are therefore transformed to metric scores using a standard conversion table.

Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months and 24 months

Mean change from baseline in self-reported health

General health is assessed based on a question on self-reported health in the SF-12 questionnaire (a 12-Item short form health survey). SF 12 is a short version of the generic questionnaire SF 36 that measures health-related quality of life in the past four weeks. Scoring range is between 1-5 points. Mean score is calculated at baseline, 12 months and 24 months.

Time frame: Change from baseline to 12 months and 24 months

Mean change from baseline in cortisol, nmol/L

Cortisol measured in saliva

Time frame: Change from baseline to 24 months

Mean change from baseline in blood sugar (HBA1C), mmol/mol

Blood sugar measured in venous blood

Time frame: Change from baseline to 24 months

Mean change from baseline in total cholesterol, mmol/L

Total cholesterol measured in venous blood

Time frame: Change from baseline to 24 months

Mean change from baseline in self-reported social relations

Social relations are assessed based on five questions from the National Health Profile Survey (used in the Danish National Health Survey) in combination with one self-formulated question regarding contact with family members, friends, colleagues, neighbors and friends from social medias. Scoring range is between 1-5 points. Mean score is calculated at baseline, 12 months and 24 months.