Health status and use of medication and their association with migration related exposures among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Norway: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The health of forcibly displaced individuals changes along their migration path and estimates of disease burden are essential to develop health care policies and practices adequately corresponding to their health care needs. This study aims to describe the health status and use of medication among Syrian refugees in two different migration phases: in a transit setting and in a recipient country. Further, we aim to investigate the associations between migration related exposures and both chronic pain and mental health among Syrian refugees. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study based on survey data collected among 827 adult Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Norway during 2017-2018. The survey instrument included items measuring somatic status (including chronic pain), mental healt

SUBMITTER: Stromme EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7077130 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature