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Table 1 Characteristics of conflict-related research studies on health inside Syria by research theme, January 2011–December 2019

From: Conflict-related health research in Syria, 2011–2019: a scoping review for The Lancet - AUB Commission on Syria

 

Total number of research publications

THEMEa

Health status

Mortality

Health determinants and risks

Humanitarian assistance, response or needs

Health system

War strategies & alleged IHL violations

Publication year

 2011–2013

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

 2014–2016

18

6

2

1

6

8

2

 2017–2019

70

31

8

11

20

26

12

Locationb

By governorate

  Al-Hasakeh

4

1

0

0

3

0

0

  Al-Raqqa

8

7

1

2

5

2

1

  Aleppo

25

6

2

2

8

12

6

  As-Sweida

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

  Damascus

33

14

2

5

3

14

5

  Daraa

9

0

1

0

4

4

1

  Deir ez-Zor

3

2

0

0

1

1

1

  Hama

14

4

2

0

5

6

3

  Homs

12

1

2

0

4

6

3

  Idlib

20

6

2

3

7

9

4

  Lattakia

15

7

0

0

7

4

2

  Quneitra

3

0

0

0

1

2

1

  Rural Damascus

10

0

0

0

3

7

2

  Tartous

4

0

0

0

3

1

0

By regiong

  National/ whole of Syria

12

6

3

0

1

8

4

  Border with Turkey/ North-west Syria

3

0

0

0

3

1

0

  Non-government-controlled areas (governorates not specified)

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

  Opposition controlled areas (governorates not specified)

4

1

1

0

3

1

1

  Not reported

3

0

1

0

1

1

1

First author’s country of institutional affiliation e

 Syria

30

21

1

6

3

12

0

 USA

25

8

3

3

9

11

6

 UK

12

3

1

2

4

6

2

 Belgium

6

1

3

0

3

0

3

 Lebanon

3

0

1

0

0

2

2

 Turkey

3

0

0

0

2

1

1

 Otherc

15

11

1

1

5

4

1

 Not stated

2

0

0

1

1

1

0

First author’s institutional affiliationf

 Academic

69

26

7

9

15

27

13

 Clinical

7

5

0

1

2

3

0

 Governmental

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

 Humanitarianh

14

10

3

3

10

2

0

 Independant

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

 Military

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

 Think tank/ research organization

2

2

0

1

0

1

0

 United Nations agency

2

1

0

0

0

2

1

Senior (last) author’s country of institutional affiliation e

 Syria

21

15

0

5

0

7

0

 USA

19

3

5

1

3

10

8

 UK

10

3

2

2

5

5

1

 Lebanon

7

3

2

0

0

4

2

 Belgium

5

2

0

0

5

0

0

 Turkey

5

0

0

1

4

1

1

 Otherd

24

15

1

2

8

10

3

 Not applicable

4

1

0

1

1

1

1

 Not stated

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

Senior (last) author’s institutional affiliationf

 Academic

65

29

8

8

13

26

11

 Clinical

7

3

0

0

1

4

2

 Governmental

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

 Humanitarianh

13

8

2

3

9

3

0

 Independant

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

 Military

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

 United Nations agency

2

0

0

0

1

1

1

 Not applicable

4

1

0

1

1

1

1

Methodology

 Primary quantitative

40

20

1

9

13

13

2

 Secondary quantitative

28

15

9

0

5

11

7

 Qualitative

15

2

0

2

4

7

4

 Mixed methods

6

1

0

1

4

3

1

Research funding

 Funded

37

10

5

7

14

11

7

 Not funded

28

17

4

4

7

10

5

 Not reported

24

11

1

1

5

13

2

  1. a Some studies cover multiple themes
  2. b Due to the fluid nature of the conflict and inconsistencies in reporting of study locations, we report here the governorates whenever they are reported by the study authors, regardless of political control (i.e. opposition-controlled, government-controlled or non-government-controlled). When the governorates are not specified but the political control of the study setting is reported by study authors, it is recorded as such in this table. Some studies report neither the political control nor the governorates, and these are denoted as ‘not reported’. Some studies cover multiple governorates
  3. c Other includes Australia (1), Austria (1), Egypt (2), Israel (1), Japan (1), Qatar (2), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), The Netherlands (2)
  4. d Other includes Australia (3), Austria (1), Canada (2), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (1), India (1), Israel (1), Jordan (2), Qatar (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Singapore (1), Sweden (1), The Netherlands (4)
  5. e Six publications have first authors with multiple affiliations, while seven publications have multiple last author affiliations. Not applicable means there is no senior author (i.e. single author publication). Not stated means there is an author but their affiliation is not mentioned
  6. f Academic institutional affiliations include universities and university-affiliated clinical facilities
  7. gOne study examined remote cross-border operations from the Turkish border city of Gaziantep
  8. hThe humanitarian category denotes humanitarian operational or other nongovernmental organisations