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| Title |
Neurological disorders in Iraqi refugees in Jordan: data from the United Nations Refugee Assistance Information System
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| Published in |
Journal of Neurology, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00415-011-6248-x |
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| Authors |
Farrah J. Mateen, Marco Carone, Sayre Nyce, Jad Ghosn, Timothy Mutuerandu, Huda Al-Saedy, Daniel H. Lowenstein, Gilbert Burnham |
| Abstract |
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognizes 43.7 million forcibly displaced persons and asylum seekers due to conflict and persecution worldwide. Neurological disorders have rarely been described in displaced persons but likely pose a significant burden of disease. We describe the disease spectrum and health service utilization of Iraqi refugees and asylum seekers with neurological disorders using an information system developed by the UNHCR. Neurological disorders were actively monitored among the 7,642 UNHCR-registered Iraqi refugees and asylum seekers who received health and humanitarian assistance using a pilot, centralized, database called the Refugee Assistance Information System (RAIS) in the Kingdom of Jordan in 2010. There were 122 neurological diagnoses reported in 1,328 refugees (mean age 41 years, 49% female, 10% disabled, 43% with pending resettlement applications) in 2,659 health visits, accounting for 17% of all refugees who sought health assistance in RAIS. Referral to a neurologist occurred in 178 cases (13.4%). The most frequent ICD-10 neurological diagnoses were dorsalgia (back pain) (29.7% of individuals with neurological disorders), headache (13.1%), and epilepsy (12.6%). Approximately 1 in 20 Iraqi refugees with a neurological diagnosis self-reported a history of torture, which was higher than Iraqi refugees without a history of torture [66/1,328 versus 196/6,314, odds ratio (OR) = 1.63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.21-2.18]. Neurological disease affects a high proportion of Iraqi refugees, including victims of torture and the disabled. Refugees require dedicated care for treatment of neurological disease with a focus on pain disorders and epilepsy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 19% |
| Unknown | 15 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 37% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 10% |
| Psychology | 6 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 17 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 June 2022.
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