Development of a Prediction Model for the Management of Noncommunicable Diseases Among Older Syrian Refugees Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Older Syrian refugees have a high burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and economic vulnerability.

Objectives

To develop and internally validate a predictive model to estimate inability to manage NCDs in older Syrian refugees, and to describe barriers to NCD medication adherence.

Design, setting, and participants

This nested prognostic cross-sectional study was conducted through telephone surveys between September 2020 and January 2021. All households in Lebanon with Syrian refugees aged 50 years or older and who received humanitarian assistance from a nongovernmental organization were invited to participate. Refugees who self-reported having chronic respiratory disease (CRD), diabetes, history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), or hypertension were incl

SUBMITTER: McCall SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9561955 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature