Table 9 Characteristics of included publications by region: Western Pacific
From: Systematic review on chronic non-communicable disease in disaster settings
| Country/ Territory of Interest | Target Population | Type of Study | NCD Studied | Years of Observation | Number of study participants | Major Findings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An (2014) [82] | China |
Adults who had lived through the 1976 Tangshan earthquake (vs control Age 37–60 | Cross-sectional | Diabetes | Sept 2013 – Dec 2013 | 1551 adults |
Earthquake stress linked to higher incidence of DM Women more likely to have diabetes after experiencing earthquake stressors compared to men |
| Chan (2011) [79] | China | Evacuees from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake | Descriptive, cross sectional study | Multiple NCDs including diabetes, hypertension, heart failure | May 2008 | 132 adults | Chronic health needs constituted a significant proportion of emergency care during the acute phase of the earthquake. Disaster responders must consider NCDs as well as trauma |
| Chen (2009) [40] | China | Adults who were in the West China Hospital on the day of the 2008 Sichuan (Wenchuan) earthquake | Case series | Hypertension | May 2008 | 11 patients | Mean blood pressure and heart rate increased immediately after the earthquake, regardless of gender or pre-existing hypertension. BP gradually declined within 6 h after the earthquake and increased again during aftershocks |
| Hung (2013) [42] | China | Patients treated by Hong Kong Red Cross three weeks after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake | Cross sectional chart review | Multiple NCDs including hypertension, stroke | June 2008 | 2,034 patient encounters | There was a high prevalence of chronic disease after the earthquake, especially hypertension |
| Huynh (2004) [58] | Vietnam | Women hospitalized with invasive cervical squamous cell carcinoma (subjects) and other extrauterine cancers (controls) | Case control | Cancer | June 1996 – Sept 1996 | 145 women in S. Vietnam, 80 women in N Vietnam | The development of invasive cervical cancer was significantly associated with military service by husbands during the 2nd Indochinese War and with parity status. Geographic and temporal variation in cervical cancer rates among Vietnamese women was associated with the movement of soldiers |
| Li (2010) [85] | China | Rural adults born between 1954 and 1964 in selected communities from the 2002 China National Nutrition and Health Survey | Cross-sectional | Diabetes | 2002 | 7,874 adults | Fetal exposure to severe famine increases the risk of hyperglycemia in childhood. The association is exacerbated by a nutritionally rich environment later in life |
| Li (2011) [102] | China | Rural adults born between 1954 and 1964 in selected communities from the 2002 China National Nutrition and Health Survey | Cross-sectional | Diabetes | 2002 | 7,874 adults | Fetal or infant exposure to famine increases the risk of metabolic syndrome in adulthood. The association is exacerbated by a western dietary pattern or being overweight in adulthood |
| Li (2012) [114] | China | People exposed to the 1959–1961 Chinese famine and those not exposed | Retrospective cohort | Stomach cancer | 1970–2009 | Population level data: (2.4million) | Prolonged malnutrition during early life may increase the risk of stomach cancer later in life |
| Marom (2014) [61] | Philippines | People who survived the 2013 earthquake and typhoon (Haiyan) in the city of Bogo (northern Cebu island) | Case series | Head and neck tumors | 2013 | 1,844 adults treated at the field hospital – 5% (85) had H&N tumors | Surgical interventions in pts with H&N tumors in a relief mission can be performed for therapeutic, palliative and diagnostic purposes |
| Read (2015) [67] | Philippines | Patients treated by an australian govt deployed surgical team in a field hosp in Tacloban for 4 wks after Typhoon Haiyan | Cross sectional | Diabetes | Nov 2013 | 131 people | Sepsis from foot injuries in diabetic patients constituted an unexpected majority of the workload of a foreign collaborative surgical medical team in Tacloban in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan |
| Sun (2013) [54] | China | Survivors of Wenchuan earthquake staying in a temporary shelter for more than 1 year | Cross sectional | Hypertension | March–May 2009 | 3,230 adults | Age, family history of hypertension, sleep quality, waist-to-hip ratio, BMI and blood glucose levels are risk factors for earthquake-induced hypertension. Mental stress was not a risk factor |
| Wagner (2016) [96] | Cambodia | Community health care workers in Siam Reap province | Cross sectional | Type 2 Diabetes | . | 185 | Community health workers were able to effectively learn diabetes prevention curriculum suggesting that they would be effective at disseminating the information |
| Wu (2015) [80] | China | Senior over age 60 living in 8 villages in China during a 2011 flood | Cross sectional survey | Multiple NCDs including hypertension, diabetes | February 2012 | 1,183 elderly patients | There was a marked decline in health status of the elderly after a flood. There were greater detrimental impacts on women and single elderly |