Hospitalizations for respiratory infections associated with environmental factors

Authors

  • Amaury de Souza Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS
  • Flavio Aristone Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS - Campo Grande (MS) - Brasil
  • Luciane Fernandes Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS - Campo Grande (MS) - Brasil
  • Li Bai State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
  • Weiwei Yu School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
  • Débora Aparecida da Silva Santos Federal University of Mato Grosso, Campus Rondonopolis, Rondonopolis, MT, Brazil
  • Ismail Sabbah Department of Natural Sciences, College of Health Sciences, the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/3168

Keywords:

Climate, Health, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Temperature.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the meteorological variables and respiratory diseases by age. Methods: This is an ecological time-series study, for the period comprised between 2008 and 2011. First, admissions were analyzed by age group and then related to climate information: temperature, precipitation, relative air humidity, and wind speed, through dynamic climatology and statistical parameters using multiple regression analysis, chi-square test and normal distribution. Results: The results showed 12,067 records of hospital admissions for respiratory diseases according to the age group. The highest average number of hospitalizations was found in the age range from 1 to 4 years, with a mean of 42.09% (5079), and over 60 years, with a mean of 27.14% (3274) for the study period. The highest prevalence was due to pneumonia, accounting for 81.0% (9,774) of admissions. The number of hospitalizations was lower in January and higher in June and July. Conclusion: Based on the investigations carried out, a significant correlation was observed between climate parameters and hospitalization for respiratory diseases. doi:10.5020/18061230.2014.p312

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Author Biographies

Li Bai, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China

State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China

Weiwei Yu, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia

School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia

Débora Aparecida da Silva Santos, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Campus Rondonopolis, Rondonopolis, MT, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Depto de Enfermagem

Ismail Sabbah, Department of Natural Sciences, College of Health Sciences, the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait

Department of Natural Sciences, College of Health Sciences, the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait

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2015-04-08

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de Souza, A., Aristone, F., Fernandes, L., Bai, L., Yu, W., Santos, D. A. da S., & Sabbah, I. (2015). Hospitalizations for respiratory infections associated with environmental factors. Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion, 27(3), 312–318. https://doi.org/10.5020/3168

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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2014)

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