Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.
Alumnus of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Can Fam Physician. 2022 Jan;68(1):e10-e15. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6801e10.
To study the prevalence of chronic conditions (ie, anemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase [G6PD] deficiency, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and tobacco use) in Syrian refugees.
Cross-sectional study. Four primary care health clinics received Syrian refugees from December 2015 to April 2016, and each followed a standard protocol for refugee health assessments.
Ottawa, Ont.
Arabic-speaking Syrian refugees were invited for early primary care health assessment. Most participants arrived in Ottawa from temporary refugee encampments in Lebanon and Jordan between December 2015 and April 2016.
Following a protocol, family physicians and nurse practitioners systematically documented age, sex, education, hemoglobin level, G6PD status, HBV and HCV infection, and tobacco use.
The study included 669 of the 916 government-assisted refugees, which represents most of the 1087 Syrian refugees to Ottawa: 373 male and 296 female participants. Overall, 28.5% of women and adolescent girls had anemia, and 2.0% of men had G6PD deficiency. The seroprevalence of HBV and HCV infection in the overall population was 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Tobacco use was reported in 60.3% of men and 11.7% of women. Overall, alcohol use (3.7%) and other substance use (0.5%) were uncommon.
Anemia was a common health problem in women of reproductive age, while the prevalence of chronic HBV and HCV infection was lower than the prevalence in the general Canadian population. Results showed substantial sex differences in tobacco use, with Syrian men using it at a rate much higher than Canadian men and Syrian women. The health assessment did not document chronic conditions affecting dental or mental health.
研究叙利亚难民中慢性疾病（即贫血、葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶[G6PD]缺乏、乙型肝炎病毒[HBV]和丙型肝炎病毒[HCV]感染和吸烟）的流行情况。
横断面研究。四家初级保健诊所于 2015 年 12 月至 2016 年 4 月期间接收了来自叙利亚的难民，每家诊所都遵循难民健康评估的标准方案。
安大略省渥太华。
受邀接受早期初级保健健康评估的讲阿拉伯语的叙利亚难民。大多数参与者于 2015 年 12 月至 2016 年 4 月期间从黎巴嫩和约旦的临时难民营抵达渥太华。
家庭医生和执业护士按照方案系统地记录年龄、性别、教育程度、血红蛋白水平、G6PD 状态、HBV 和 HCV 感染以及吸烟情况。
研究包括政府援助的 916 名难民中的 669 名，代表了 1087 名抵达渥太华的叙利亚难民中的大部分：373 名男性和 296 名女性参与者。总体而言，28.5%的女性和少女贫血，2.0%的男性 G6PD 缺乏。总体人群中 HBV 和 HCV 感染的血清阳性率分别为 0.9%和 0.7%。报告的男性吸烟率为 60.3%，女性吸烟率为 11.7%。总体而言，酒精使用（3.7%）和其他物质使用（0.5%）不常见。
贫血是育龄妇女常见的健康问题，而慢性 HBV 和 HCV 感染的流行率低于加拿大普通人群。结果显示，吸烟存在显著的性别差异，叙利亚男性的吸烟率远高于加拿大男性和叙利亚女性。健康评估未记录影响口腔或心理健康的慢性疾病。
