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Table 2 Characteristics of interviewed victims, types of injury and the consequences for health and life

From: Physical rehabilitation in the context of a landslide that occurred in Brazil

Victim

Sex

Age

Physical injury and injury mechanism

Private healthcare plan

Received rehabilitation assistance

Had a job before the disaster in 2011

Had a job in 2015

Case 1

F

40’s - 50’s

The house collapsed but she was not buried. Inhaled a lot of dust at the moment of the landslides.

No

No

Yes

No

Case 2

F

40’s- 50’s

The house collapsed and her body was dragged. Suffered a fracture on the forearm and an open fracture on the leg.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Case 3

F

40’s- 50’s

The house collapsed. She was buried, fractured the left arm and amputated the right leg.

No

Yes

Yes

No

Case 4

F

60’s- 70’s

Did not suffer direct physical injury. Chronic pains aggravated by stress after the disaster.

No a

Yes

No

No

Case 5

F

50’s- 60’s

The house collapsed. She was buried and fractured the right arm in two points.

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Case 6

F

30’s- 40’s

The house collapsed. She was buried, suffered a fracture on the pelvis and femur.

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Case 7

F

60’s- 70’s

The house collapsed. She was stuck under a slab and managed to get out by herself. Dislocated the clavicle in the effort.

No

Yes

No

No

Case 8

F

20’s- 30’s

The house collapsed. She was buried and suffered fractures on both feet.

No

Yes

Yes

No

Case 9

M

40’s- 50’s

Did not suffer direct physical injury. Chronic pains and symptoms such as systemic hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome and gastritis manifested after the disaster.

No a

Yes

Yes

Yes

Case 10

M

30’s- 40’s

Was buried up to his chest. Suffered excoriations, muscle hernia on the left leg, fissured the rib and sprained an ankle.

No a

Yes

Yes

Yes

Case 11

M

50’s- 60’s

Fell in a hole on the street and suffered a fracture on the right forearm.

No

Yes

Yes

No

  1. Source: Designed by the author from the data collected on fieldwork. aHired later