Table 1.
Characteristics of Syrian refugee patients
Characteristics | Adult | Children | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||||
Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |
Age (years) | 52.4 | 16.7–81.8 | 47.3 | 17.0–94.0 | 49.0 | 16.7–94.0 | 5.78 | 0.2–13.1 | 5.97 | 0.6–15.6 | 5.81 | 0.2–15.6 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Country of first diagnosis | ||||||||||||
Turkey | 97 | 85.1 | 82 | 70.7 | 179 | 77.8 | 19 | 95.0 | 17 | 94.4 | 36 | 94.7 |
Syria | 16 | 14.0 | 34 | 29.3 | 50 | 21.7 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 5.3 |
Other* | 1 | 0.9 | – | – | 1 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Country of residence during the last three years | ||||||||||||
Turkey | 76 | 66.7 | 70 | 60.3 | 146 | 63.5 | 19 | 95.0 | 13 | 72.2 | 32 | 84.2 |
Syria | 20 | 17.5 | 21 | 18.1 | 41 | 17.8 | – | – | 5 | 27.8 | 5 | 13.2 |
Missing data | 18 | 15.8 | 25 | 21.6 | 43 | 18.7 | 1 | 5.0 | – | – | 1 | 2.6 |
Country of residence during treatment | ||||||||||||
Turkey | 104 | 91.2 | 102 | 87.9 | 206 | 89.6 | 19 | 95.0 | 15 | 83.3 | 34 | 89.5 |
Syria* | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 7 | 3.0 | – | – | 3 | 16.7 | 3 | 7.9 |
Missing data | 6 | 5.3 | 11 | 9.5 | 17 | 7.4 | 1 | 5.0 | – | – | 1 | 2.6 |
Smoking | ||||||||||||
Yes | 46 | 40.4 | 3 | 2.6 | 49 | 21.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
No | 21 | 18.4 | 90 | 77.6 | 111 | 48.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Missing data | 47 | 41.2 | 23 | 19.8 | 70 | 30.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total | 114 | 100.0 | 116 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 | 20 | 100.0 | 18 | 100.0 | 38 | 100.0 |
N/A non-applicable
*Visiting Turkey just for treatment and returning back to Syria while holding refugee status (Visiting Refugee)