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BMJ Open ; 6(11): e013963, 2016 Nov 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27884856

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: In the summer of 2015, the exodus of Syrian war refugees and saturation of refugee camps in neighbouring countries led to the influx of asylum-seekers in European countries, including Belgium. This study aims to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of asylum seekers who arrived in a huddled refugee camp, in the centre of a well-developed country with all medical facilities. METHODS: Using a descriptive cross-sectional study design, physicians of Médecins du Monde prospectively registered age, gender, origin, medical symptoms and diagnoses of all patients presenting to an erected field hospital in Brussels in September 2015. Diagnoses were post hoc categorised according to the International Classification of Diseases. RESULTS: Of 4037 patients examined in the field hospital, 3907 were included and analysed for this study. Over 11% of patients suffered from injuries, but these were outnumbered by the proportion of patients with respiratory (36%), dental (9%), skin (9%) and digestive (8%) diagnoses. More than 49% had features of infections at the time of the consultation. CONCLUSIONS: Asylum seekers arriving in a refugee camp in Brussels after a long and hazardous journey suffer mostly from respiratory, dental, skin and digestive diseases. Still, one in seven suffers from injury. These findings, consistent with other reports, should be anticipated when composing emergency medical teams and interagency emergency health or similar kits to be used in a field hospital, even in a Western European country. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN13523620, Results.


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Infections/classification , Infections/epidemiology , Refugees/statistics & numerical data , Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Belgium , Child , Child, Preschool , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Status , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Life Change Events , Logistic Models , Male , Middle Aged , Middle East , Refugee Camps , Retrospective Studies , Sex Distribution , Young Adult
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