Impacto do ambiente atmosférico urbano nas internações hospitalares de idosos;
Impacto del ambiente atmosférico urbano en las internaciones hospitalarias de ancianos

dc.creatorSilva, Edelci Nunes da
dc.creatorRibeiro, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-04T12:00:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T16:31:55Z
dc.date.available2013-11-04T12:00:55Z
dc.date.available2018-07-04T16:31:55Z
dc.date.created2013-11-04T12:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierRev. Saúde Pública,v.46,n.4,p.694-701,2012
dc.identifier0034-8910
dc.identifierhttp://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/38263
dc.identifier10.1590/S0034-89102012005000052
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dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1636868
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To analyze the impact of intra-urban atmospheric conditions on circulatory and respiratory diseases in elder adults. METHODS: Cross-sectional study based on data from 33,212 hospital admissions in adults over 60 years in the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, from 2003 to 2007. The association between atmospheric variables from Congonhas airport and bioclimatic index, Physiological Equivalent Temperature, was analyzed according to the district's socioenvironmental profile. Descriptive statistical analysis and regression models were used. RESULTS: There was an increase in hospital admissions due to circulatory diseases as average and lowest temperatures decreased. The likelihood of being admitted to the hospital increased by 12% with 1ºC decrease in the bioclimatic index and with 1ºC increase in the highest temperatures in the group with lower socioenvironmental conditions. The risk of admission due to respiratory diseases increased with inadequate air quality in districts with higher socioenvironmental conditions. CONCLUSIONS: The associations between morbidity and climate variables and the comfort index varied in different groups and diseases. Lower and higher temperatures increased the risk of hospital admission in the elderly. Districts with lower socioenvironmental conditions showed greater adverse health impacts.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFaculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo
dc.relationRevista de Saúde Pública
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectHospitalization
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subjectRespiratory Tract Diseases
dc.subjectClimate Effects
dc.subjectAir Pollution, adverse effects
dc.subjectIdoso
dc.subjectHospitalização
dc.subjectDoenças Cardiovasculares
dc.subjectDoenças Respiratórias
dc.subjectEfeitos do Clima
dc.subjectPoluição do Ar, efeitos adversos
dc.subjectAnciano
dc.subjectHospitalización
dc.subjectEnfermedades Cardiovasculares
dc.subjectEnfermedades Respiratorias
dc.subjectEfectos del Clima
dc.subjectContaminación del Aire, efectos adversos
dc.titleImpact of urban atmospheric environment on hospital admissions in the elderly
dc.titleImpacto do ambiente atmosférico urbano nas internações hospitalares de idosos
dc.titleImpacto del ambiente atmosférico urbano en las internaciones hospitalarias de ancianos
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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