Study characteristics
First author and year | Description of crisis (name, category and dates, as described in paper) | Population as described in paper | Adults or elderly (as defined by paper) | Displaced | Type of crisis | Location of study |
Gómez-Restrepo et al 201884 | Colombian conflicts, (ongoing) | 10764 respondents to the National Mental Health Survey (2016), some of whom exposed to armed conflict | Adult | Unclear | Conflict | LMIC |
Furusawa et al 201185 | Earthquake, Solomon Islands, (2007) | Villagers in Western province | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Vanasse et al 201686 | Flood in the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, (2011) | All adult individuals covered by the Quebec universal public health insurance plan resident in postcodes affected by the flood (271 postcodes, 119 of which had more than half of their surface area flooded) | Adult | Unclear | Non-conflict | HIC |
Ebner et al 201638 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Adults over 40 living in Kawauchi village, 20 km west from Fukushima | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | HIC |
Hayashi et al 201787 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | People aged 40–74 years living in 1 of 13 municipalities in Fukushima in the evacuation zone | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Hoshide et al 201988 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | 388 evacuees living in evacuation shelters after the earthquake | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | HIC |
Nagai et al 201837 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Patients aged 40–74 years living near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Nomura et al 201689 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Patients aged 40–74 years living in Minamisoma and Soma | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Ohira et al 201651 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Evacuee and non-evacuee Japanese adults without hypertension aged 40–74 years living near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant before the earthquake | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Sakai et al 201770 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Individuals aged 40–90 years living in the vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant who had attended annual health checkups since 2008 | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Satoh et al 201639 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Patients aged 40–90 years who were living near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Shiba et al 201990 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Patients aged 65 years or older in Iwanuma affected by the tsunami | Elderly | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Suda et al 201991 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Evacuees with disaster medical records from Minamisanriku town after the earthquake | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Takahashi et al 201692 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | 6528 disaster survivors in heavily tsunami-damaged municipalities (both relocated and non-relocated) | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Toda et al 201793 | Great East Japan Earthquake, (2011) | Adults over 40 years living in Minamisoma city, 10–40 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
An et al 201549 | Hurricane Ike, (2008) | Free clinic attendees who had stayed on the island during the rainstorm >18 years, did not have a pre-hurricane history of coronary heart disease or psychiatric diagnoses and could read English | Adult | No | Non-conflict | HIC |
Gomez et al 200994 | Hurricane Ivan, (2004) | Adult members of the community of 'Jubilee', Grenada | Adult | No | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Greenough et al 200895 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | Heads of household in Louisiana American Red Cross shelters | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | HIC |
Kessler 200796 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | Adults living in areas eligible for assistance after Hurricane Katrina | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Islam et al 200864 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | 2194 adults over 65 with hypertension on managed care organisation databases | Elderly | No | Non-conflict | HIC |
Krol et al 200797 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | Patients from Biloxi/Gulfport affected by Hurricane Katrina | Adult | Unclear | Non-conflict | HIC |
Krousel-Wood et al 200860 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | Community-dwelling patients attending the hypertension section of a multispecialty group practice | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Rodriguez et al 200640 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | Adult evacuees from Louisiana in Oklahoma | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | HIC |
Vest et al 200641 | Hurricane Katrina, (2005) | New Orleans adults displaced by Hurricane Katrina, sheltered in Austin, Texas | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | HIC |
Arrieta et al 200965 | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | 30 health and social service providers, 28 chronic disease patients | Adult | Unclear | Non-conflict | HIC |
Burton et al 200935 | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Non-institutionalised Peoples Health enrollees who lived in four parishes in the New Orleans metropolitan area (age 65+ years) | Elderly | Mixed | Non-conflict | HIC |
Burger et al 201948 | Hurricane Sandy, (2012) | Patients from 7 Federal Quality Health Centres in New Jersey | Adult | No | Non-conflict | HIC |
Prueksaritanond et al 200798 | Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, (2004) | 87 elderly members of the Ban Nam Khem Community, Thailand | Elderly | No | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 201342 | Iraq War, (2003–2011) | Iraqi populations displaced in Jordan and Syria | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Mateen et al 201299 | Iraq War, (2003–2011) | Iraqi refugees in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Lafta et al 2016100 | Iraq War and subsequent sectarian violence, (2003–) | Women from internally displaced families living in informal settlements | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Anon et al 2010 101 | Iraq War, (2003–2011) | Iraqi refugees settled in San Diego, California | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Jen et al 201531 | Iraq War, (2003–2011) | 290 Iraqi adult refugees recently arrived in Michigan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Taylor et al 201432 | Iraq War, (2003–2011) | Iraqi adults settled in the USA for between 8 and 36 months | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Baxter et al 201866 | Iraqi Civil War, (2014–17) | 15 adult from Mosul presenting to MSF in Kurdistan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Cetorelli et al 201752 | Iraqi Civil War, (2014–17) | Adults in BRHA camps | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Dudova et al 2015102 | Iraqi Civil War, (2014–17) | 1119 refugee patients at a primary care clinic for internally displaced people in Ozal city, Erbil | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Lipsitz et al 201036 | Israel–Lebanon War, (2006) | Patients attending five clinics in Jerusalem and surrounding areas, whose home address was in northern Israel | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Adrega et al 2018103 | Nepal earthquake, (May 2015) | Dislodged inhabitants of Sindhupalchok | Adult | Mixed | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Khader et al 201453 | Palestine conflict, (—) | All Palestinian patients registered in 6 UNRWA primary care clinics in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Khader et al 201261 | Palestine conflict, (—) | Palestinian refugees registered with Nuzha primary care centre with hypertension | Adult | Yes | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Mousa et al 2010104 | Palestine conflict, (—) | Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, West Bank and the Gaza Strip served by UNRWA primary care facilities | Adult | Yes | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Saadeh et al 201543 | Palestine conflict, (—) | Palestinian refugees (aged 40 years and over) treated by GPs at the UNRWA primary healthcare centres in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Saleh et al 2018 44 | Palestine conflict, (—) | Palestinian refugees (aged 40 years and over) living in camps in Lebanon | Adult | Yes | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Abukhdeir et al 2013105 | Palestinian conflict, (—) | Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank | Adult | Mixed | Long-standing refugee situation | LMIC |
Renzaho et al 201433 | Sudanese wars (ongoing throughout time frame) | 314 Sudanese refugees settling in Brisbane/Toowoomba, Australia. | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Mobula et al 201650 | Super Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines, (2013) | Patients attending clinics conducted by mobile medical teams | Adult | Unclear | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Balcilar et al 201662 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Turkey aged 18–69 years | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Chahda et al 201547 | Syrian War, (2011–) | 167 Syrian refugees registered with CLMC and 43 Palestinian refugees from Syria registered with the Palestinian Women’s Humanitarian Organisation in Lebanon | Elderly | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 201854 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Lebanon | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 201567 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 201655 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Lebanon | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Eryurt et al 202046 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Turkey (age 18–69 years) | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Maldari et al 201934 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees seen at Refugee Health Service, South Australia | Adult | Yes | Conflict | HIC |
Rehr et al 201856 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Non-camp Syrian refugees in Irbid northern Jordan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Strong et al 2015106 | Syrian War, (2011–) | 210 older refugees from Syria in Lebanon | Elderly | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 2014107 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Syrian refugees in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Vernier et al 201945 | Syrian War, (2011–) | Families living in Ein Issa camp | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Doocy et al 201657 | Syrian War, (2011) | Syrian refugees in Jordan | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Kayali et al 201958 | Syrian War, (2011) | Patients with hypertension in Shatila refugee camp | Adult | Yes | Conflict | LMIC |
Lin et al 2015108 | Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan, (2009) | Typhoon-displaced adults from Kaohsiung County. Two groups: 1 moved to shelters, 1 moved within the community | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | LMIC |
Sun et al 201359 | Wenchuan earthquake, China (2008) | 3230 adults over 20 who had stayed in temporary shelters for more than 1 year | Adult | Yes | Non-conflict | LMIC |
BRHA, Board of Relief and Humanitarian Affairs; CHD, coronary heart disease; CLMC, Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre; GP, general practitioner; HIC, high-income country; LMIC, low/middle-income country; MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières; UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East.