The Epidemiology of Stunted Growth in Refugee Patients with Chronic Burn Injuries
| العنوان: | The Epidemiology of Stunted Growth in Refugee Patients with Chronic Burn Injuries |
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| المؤلفون: | Marwan S Hajjar, Dunia E Hatabah, Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah, Kareem W Makkawi |
| المصدر: | Journal of Burn Care & Research. 42:716-720 |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030309 nutrition & dietetics, Refugee, Population, Standard score, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, education, Socioeconomic status, Growth Disorders, Economic consequences, Retrospective Studies, Refugees, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Syria, business.industry, Medical record, Body Weight, Rehabilitation, food and beverages, Armed Conflicts, Body Height, Child, Preschool, Emergency Medicine, Female, Surgery, Stunted growth, medicine.symptom, Burns, business |
| الوصف: | The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of stunted growth in Syrian refugee children with chronic burn injuries and to compare it to other children (±burn) of similar socioeconomic status. This is a retrospective medical chart review conducted on 142 Syrian refugee children (≤18 years of age) who have sustained war-related and nonwar-related chronic burn injuries between 2014 and 2020. Stunted growth was measured using the height-for-age z score. The majority of burn injuries were among children below 5 years of age. The prevalence of stunting was 9.2% in our sample, with an overall mean z-score of –0.491 (SD = 1.1). There was no statistically significant difference in z-scores between males and females. The majority of stunted patients are those who sustain their burn injuries at an early age. Early management of burn injuries is key in preventing adverse outcomes associated with stunting. Further research, planning, funding, and targeted interventions are required by stakeholders to alleviate the burden of stunting in the pediatric refugee population, along with the health and economic consequences that it entails. |
| تدمد: | 1559-0488 1559-047X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0343bf3b1af895ddfd95a77cfb6d5a2c https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa204 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0343bf3b1af895ddfd95a77cfb6d5a2c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15590488 1559047X |
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