Table 1 Burden of NCDs among Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
From: Host country responses to non-communicable diseases amongst Syrian refugees: a review
Country | Survey (Year) | Target population | Any NCD condition | Hypertension | Diabetes mellitus | Cardiovascular diseases | Chronic respiratory diseases | Lung disease | Arthritis | Osteoarthritis | Renal disease | Liver disease | Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationally representative surveys | |||||||||||||
Jordan | Syrian refugee health access survey in Jordan (2014) [13] | HHa | 50.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Adult | – | 10.7 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | – | 7.1 | – | – | – | – | ||
Turkey | Non-communicable disease risk factors surveillance among Syrian refugees living in Turkey (2016) [14]  Self-reported | Adult | – | 10.2 | 5.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Measured | Adult |  | 25.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
Non-nationally representative community-based surveys | |||||||||||||
Lebanon | Prevalence, care-seeking, and health service utilization for non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon (2016) [15] | HHa | 50.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Turkey | Rapid Need Assessment of Gaziantep based Syrian refugees (2015) [19] | HHa | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |  | – | – | – |
Turkey | Evaluation of health status and health service utilization of refugees living in Zeytinburnu-Istanbul [20] | HHa | 73.9 | 25.2 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 19.8 | – | – | – | 7.2 |  | 2.7 |
Jordan | Health access and utilization survey among non-camp Syrian refugees (2014)d [17] | Adult | 39.8 | 39.5 | 25.8 | 17.7 | – | 7.9 | – | – | 3.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
Lebanon | Prevalence, care-seeking, and health service utilization for non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon (2016) [15] | Adult | – | 7.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | – | 7.9 | – | – | – | – |
Lebanon | Health access and utilization survey among non-camp Syrian refugees (2014)c [16] | Adult | 14.6 | 25.4 | 15.9 | 18.4 | – | 10.7 | – | – | 6.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Jordan | Hidden victims of the Syrian crisis: disabled, injured and older refugees (2014) [18] | All ages | 19.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lebanon | Hidden victims of the Syrian crisis: disabled, injured and older refugees (2014) [18] | All ages | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lebanon | MSF Health assessment project: Bekaa Valley Follow-Up Assessment (2014) [40] | All ages | – | 34 | 14 | – |  | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Turkey | Syrian refugees in Turkey. Field survey results (2013) [21] | ||||||||||||
|  |  In camps | All ages | 7.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|  |  Outside camps | All ages | 7.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Turkey | Health status, access to health and barriers for access to health of Syrian refugees in a district in Izmire (2016) [22] | All ages | – | 3.8 | 2.9 | – | 1.6 | – | – | 0.4 | 0.2 | – | 0.5 |
Turkey | Syrian refugees needs analysis survey (2013) [23] | All ages | 13.3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Facility-based surveys | |||||||||||||
Lebanon | Health status and health needs of older refugees from Syria in Lebanon (2015) [25] | > 60 | – | 53 | 38 | 28 | 11b | – | 31 | – | 6 | – | – |
Jordan | Meeting the health needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan: a novel model for non-communicable disease care in a refugee setting (2015) [24] | All ages | – | 53 | 51 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |