Physical Trauma among Refugees: Comparison between Refugees and Local Population Who Were Admitted to Emergency Department—Experience of a State Hospital in Syrian Border District

Background. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Turkey since the civil war started in Syria in 2011. Refugees and local residents have been facing various challenges such as sociocultural and economic ones and access to health services. Trauma exposure is one of the most important and under...

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Published in:Journal of environmental and public health 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-5
Main Authors: Duzkoylu, Yigit, Kesilmez, Emrullah Cem, Basceken, Salim Ilksen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Assaults
Civil war
Clinics
Emergency service
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Family medical history
Female
Hospitals
Hospitals, State - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, State - utilization
Humans
Infectious diseases
Injuries
Male
Population
Prevalence
Refugee camps
Refugees - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Studies
Syria - epidemiology
Trauma
Turkey - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - etiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Background. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Turkey since the civil war started in Syria in 2011. Refugees and local residents have been facing various challenges such as sociocultural and economic ones and access to health services. Trauma exposure is one of the most important and underestimated health problems of refugees settling in camps. Aims. We aimed to evaluate refugee admissions to emergency department because of trauma in means of demographics of patients and mechanism of trauma and compare the results with the local population. Methods. Retrospective evaluation of results and comparison with the results of local population. Results. We determined that the ratio of emergency admission of refugee patients because of trauma was significantly higher than the local population for most types of trauma. Conclusion. Further studies with more refugee participants are needed to fully understand the underlying reasons for this high ratio to protect refugees as well as for planning to take caution to attenuate the burden on healthcare systems.
ISSN:1687-9805
1687-9813
DOI:10.1155/2017/8626275