Comparison of proportional ranges found in other studies on RC and IDP populations (%)
| Study | Situation | Respiratory | Eye and adnexa | Dental | Digestive | Genitorurinary | Skin | Mental | Violence | Injury | Musculoskeletal | Circulatory | Infectious cases | NCD | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This study | RC in Brussels | 35.5 | 1.7 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 12.5 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 48.6 | 7.0 | 3907 |
| Ranges in literature | 3–56 | 2–12 | 4–21 | 4–12 | 3–8 | 2–9 | 0–38 | 0–3 | 1–39 | 0–15 | 1–22 | 6–90 | 2–50 | ||
| Alberer et al15 | RC in Germany | 23.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 39.9 | 2.6 | 548 | ||
| Marquard et al16 | Refugee minors in Germany | 20.6 | 13.7 | 58.8 | <2.0 | 102 | |||||||||
| Bischoff et al8 | Refugees in Switzerland | 14.1 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 979 | ||||||
| Escobio et al25 | MSF on Balkan route | 25.0 | 30.0 | 3500 | |||||||||||
| Mateen et al11 | Refugees in Jordan | 11.0 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 22.0 | <7.0 | 11–22 | 7642 | |||
| McKenzie at al34 | Refugees in Jordan | 1.8 | 2526 | ||||||||||||
| Doocy et al26 | Refugees in Jordan | 50.3 | 1550 | ||||||||||||
| Gammouh et al27 | Jordan RC | 29.5 | 30.3 | 765 | |||||||||||
| UNHCR28 | RC in Jordan | 29.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 72.1 | 21.8 | 694 280 | ||
| UNHCR28 | RC in Iraq | 56.4 | 3.3 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 89.6 | 7.4 | 127 401 | |
| UNHCR28 | RC in Lebanon | 27.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 89.3 | 8.3 | 52 060 | |||
| North and Pfefferbaum35 | Review mental health* | 11–38 | 222 studies | ||||||||||||
| Bellos et al30 | Review ARI in crises* | 3–55 | 36 studies | ||||||||||||
| Calvasina et al31 | Immigrants in Canada* | 9.4 | 2126 | ||||||||||||
| van Berlaer et al20 | FH and IDP in Haiti* | 16.5 | 4.2 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 1.7 | 37.8 | 3.3 | 2795 |
*Studies on IDP and refugees not from the Syrian crisis.
ARI, acute respiratory infections; FH, field hospital; IDP, internally displaced persons; MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières; NCD, non-communicable diseases; RC, refugee camp.