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The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study
Purpose: This study assesses the potential acute effects of heatwaves on human morbidities in primary care settings. Methods: We performed a time-stratified case-crossover study to assess the acute effects of heatwaves on selected morbidities in primary care settings in Flanders, Belgium, between 20...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020832 |
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author | Alsaiqali, Mahmoud De Troeyer, Katrien Casas, Lidia Hamdi, Rafiq Faes, Christel Van Pottelbergh, Gijs |
author_facet | Alsaiqali, Mahmoud De Troeyer, Katrien Casas, Lidia Hamdi, Rafiq Faes, Christel Van Pottelbergh, Gijs |
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description | Purpose: This study assesses the potential acute effects of heatwaves on human morbidities in primary care settings. Methods: We performed a time-stratified case-crossover study to assess the acute effects of heatwaves on selected morbidities in primary care settings in Flanders, Belgium, between 2000 and 2015. We used conditional logistic regression models. We assessed the effect of heatwaves on the day of the event (lag 0) and X days earlier (lags 1 to X). The associations are presented as Incidence Density Ratios (IDR). Results: We included 22,344 events. Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities such as heat stroke IDR 3.93 [2.94–5.26] at lag 0, dehydration IDR 3.93 [2.94–5.26] at lag 1, and orthostatic hypotension IDR 2.06 [1.37–3.10] at lag 1. For cardiovascular morbidities studied, there was only an increased risk of stroke at lag 3 IDR 1.45 [1.04–2.03]. There is no significant association with myocardial ischemia/infarction or arrhythmia. Heatwaves are associated with decreased respiratory infection risk. The IDR for upper respiratory infections is 0.82 [0.78–0.87] lag 1 and lower respiratory infections (LRI) is 0.82 [0.74–0.91] at lag 1. There was no significant effect modification by age or premorbid chronic disease (diabetes, hypertesnsion). Conclusion: Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities and decreased respiratory infection risk. The study of heatwaves’ effects in primary care settings helps evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the general population. Primary care settings might be not suitable to study acute life-threatening morbidities. |
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spelling | pubmed-87754182022-01-21 The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study Alsaiqali, Mahmoud De Troeyer, Katrien Casas, Lidia Hamdi, Rafiq Faes, Christel Van Pottelbergh, Gijs Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Purpose: This study assesses the potential acute effects of heatwaves on human morbidities in primary care settings. Methods: We performed a time-stratified case-crossover study to assess the acute effects of heatwaves on selected morbidities in primary care settings in Flanders, Belgium, between 2000 and 2015. We used conditional logistic regression models. We assessed the effect of heatwaves on the day of the event (lag 0) and X days earlier (lags 1 to X). The associations are presented as Incidence Density Ratios (IDR). Results: We included 22,344 events. Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities such as heat stroke IDR 3.93 [2.94–5.26] at lag 0, dehydration IDR 3.93 [2.94–5.26] at lag 1, and orthostatic hypotension IDR 2.06 [1.37–3.10] at lag 1. For cardiovascular morbidities studied, there was only an increased risk of stroke at lag 3 IDR 1.45 [1.04–2.03]. There is no significant association with myocardial ischemia/infarction or arrhythmia. Heatwaves are associated with decreased respiratory infection risk. The IDR for upper respiratory infections is 0.82 [0.78–0.87] lag 1 and lower respiratory infections (LRI) is 0.82 [0.74–0.91] at lag 1. There was no significant effect modification by age or premorbid chronic disease (diabetes, hypertesnsion). Conclusion: Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities and decreased respiratory infection risk. The study of heatwaves’ effects in primary care settings helps evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the general population. Primary care settings might be not suitable to study acute life-threatening morbidities. MDPI 2022-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8775418/ /pubmed/35055653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020832 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alsaiqali, Mahmoud De Troeyer, Katrien Casas, Lidia Hamdi, Rafiq Faes, Christel Van Pottelbergh, Gijs The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title | The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title_full | The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title_fullStr | The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title_short | The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study |
title_sort | effects of heatwaves on human morbidity in primary care settings: a case-crossover study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020832 |
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