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Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population
BACKGROUND: Although a significant association between air pollution and mental health has been identified, few studies have addressed this relationship based on cancer diagnosis. This study investigated whether associations between long-term air pollution and mental health conditions differ based o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34863123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-09013-x |
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author | Kim, Hyun-Jin Min, Jin-young Seo, Yong-Seok Min, Kyoung-bok |
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description | BACKGROUND: Although a significant association between air pollution and mental health has been identified, few studies have addressed this relationship based on cancer diagnosis. This study investigated whether associations between long-term air pollution and mental health conditions differ based on whether the individual has been diagnosed with cancer. METHODS: Nationally representative data were used and a total of 38,101 adults were included in the analyses. We assessed mental health factors such as perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation, and analyzed the associations between these factors and individuals’ annual average exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 μm (PM(10)), nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide. RESULTS: Compared with the general population, PM(10) exposure in cancer survivors predicted a higher risk of depressive symptoms (odds ratio [OR] =1.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06–1.69) and suicidal ideation (OR = 1.29; 95% CI = 1.01–1.64). Notably, the statistically significant relationship between PM(10) exposure and suicidal ideation in cancer survivors disappeared after further adjustment for depressive symptoms (p = 0.3103). This pattern was also observed in the result of propensity score-matched analysis for comparison between cancer survivors and the general population. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence that cancer survivors with depressive symptoms may be more susceptible to suicidal ideation in the context of persistent PM(10) exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-86450762021-12-06 Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population Kim, Hyun-Jin Min, Jin-young Seo, Yong-Seok Min, Kyoung-bok BMC Cancer Research Article BACKGROUND: Although a significant association between air pollution and mental health has been identified, few studies have addressed this relationship based on cancer diagnosis. This study investigated whether associations between long-term air pollution and mental health conditions differ based on whether the individual has been diagnosed with cancer. METHODS: Nationally representative data were used and a total of 38,101 adults were included in the analyses. We assessed mental health factors such as perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation, and analyzed the associations between these factors and individuals’ annual average exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 μm (PM(10)), nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide. RESULTS: Compared with the general population, PM(10) exposure in cancer survivors predicted a higher risk of depressive symptoms (odds ratio [OR] =1.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06–1.69) and suicidal ideation (OR = 1.29; 95% CI = 1.01–1.64). Notably, the statistically significant relationship between PM(10) exposure and suicidal ideation in cancer survivors disappeared after further adjustment for depressive symptoms (p = 0.3103). This pattern was also observed in the result of propensity score-matched analysis for comparison between cancer survivors and the general population. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence that cancer survivors with depressive symptoms may be more susceptible to suicidal ideation in the context of persistent PM(10) exposure. BioMed Central 2021-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8645076/ /pubmed/34863123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-09013-x Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kim, Hyun-Jin Min, Jin-young Seo, Yong-Seok Min, Kyoung-bok Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title | Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title_full | Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title_fullStr | Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title_short | Relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in Korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
title_sort | relationship between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and mental health in korean adult cancer survivors and the general population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34863123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-09013-x |
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