Analysis of Refugee Children Hospitalized in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital.
Asylum seeker
Children
Hospitalization
Immigrant
Mortality
Refugee
Journal
Journal of immigrant and minority health
ISSN: 1557-1920
Titre abrégé: J Immigr Minor Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101256527
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
18
5
2020
medline:
10
8
2021
entrez:
17
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Refugee children are defined as an at-risk population as they have a high risk of physical and mental health conditions. While data exist regarding the mental health of refugee children, there are limited data about their medical health issues and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the demographic data, clinical results, treatment/management data, and mortality data of hospitalized refugee children. This is a descriptive study that analyzed the demographic data, clinical findings, treatment/management data, and mortality data of 728 refugee children aged between 1 month and 18 years who were hospitalized in a tertiary pediatric hospital between 2013 and 2018. During the 5 year duration of this study (2013-2018), there were 12,031 patients hospitalized in the department of general pediatrics. Of these patients, 728 (6%) were refugee children [median age 1.2 (IQR 4.4) years]. The most frequent ethnic origin was Syrian, followed by Iraqi and Afghan [465 (63.87%); 174 (23.9%), and 39 (5.3%), respectively]. The median duration of hospitalization was 6 (IQR 6) days. Those refugee patients who were hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit were significantly younger [median age 3.7 (IQR 9.4) years]. The mortality rate in the department of general pediatrics was 16.4% for refugee patients and 8.6% for non-refugee patients (p = 0.001). A logistic regression model revealed that factors associated with mortality included younger age (OR 1.6; CI 1.2-2.1) and being a refugee (OR 2.1; CI 1.3-3.2). Our study revealed detailed knowledge about demographic, clinical, and mortality data, with the largest known series about refugee children in the literature. The results show that mortality rates are significantly higher in refugee pediatric patients who are hospitalized in Turkey than in non-refugee patients.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32415315
doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01026-1
pii: 10.1007/s10903-020-01026-1
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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