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To estimate the biological and self-reported prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and assess access to care among Syrian refugees residing in northern Jordan.

October 14, 2020JAMA Network OpenOpen Access

Access to Care and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes Among Syrian Refugees in Northern Jordan

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To estimate the biological and self-reported prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and assess access to care among Syrian refugees residing in northern Jordan.
Cross-sectional cluster survey of 1,022 randomly sampled households using chain referral, representative of 59,617 Syrian refugees across Ramtha and Mafraq districts, Jordan.
Evaluated self-reported diagnoses in 2,798 adults aged ≥18 years and performed biological screening for hypertension and diabetes in 915 adults aged ≥30 years.
Among adults aged ≥30 years, biologically measured prevalence was 39.5% (95% CI, 36.4%-42.6%) for hypertension, 19.3% (95% CI, 16.7%-22.1%) for diabetes, and 13.5% (95% CI, 11.4%-15.9%) for both conditions.
Self-reported prevalence in adults aged ≥18 years was 17.2% (95% CI, 15.9%-18.6%) for hypertension, 9.8% (95% CI, 8.6%-11.1%) for diabetes, and 7.3% (95% CI, 6.3%-8.5%) for both.
Among diagnosed adults aged ≥30 years, 94.1% (95% CI, 90.9%-96.2%) took medications, yet 57.4% (95% CI, 51.5%-63.1%) had complications and 82.8% (95% CI, 79.7%-85.5%) were overweight or obese.

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Cross-sectional study reveals high hypertension and diabetes prevalence with frequent complications in Syrian refugees, suggesting need for better long-term disease management.

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Ratnayake et al. (2020) studied this question.

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Cross-sectional study reveals high hypertension and diabetes prevalence with frequent complications in Syrian refugees, suggesting need for better long-term disease management.

Access to Care and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes Among Syrian Refugees in Northern Jordan

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