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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.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Hindawi Pub. Corp Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101516361 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1687-9813 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16879805 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Environ Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: New York, NY : Hindawi Pub. Corp., [2009]-[2024]
    • Subject Terms:
      Emergency Service, Hospital/*statistics & numerical data ; Refugees/*statistics & numerical data ; Wounds and Injuries/*epidemiology; Hospitals, State/statistics & numerical data ; Syria/epidemiology ; Turkey/epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries/etiology ; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      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.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170712 Date Completed: 20171108 Latest Revision: 20260127
    • Publication Date:
      20260130
    • Accession Number:
      PMC5488154
    • Accession Number:
      10.1155/2017/8626275
    • Accession Number:
      28694829