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Hospitalization Rates for Respiratory Diseases After L’Aquila Earthquake
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 12, p 2109 (2019), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 16, Issue 12
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- The study aims to investigate the impact of the earthquake on public health, in terms of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in the Abruzzo region, focusing on the area damaged by the earthquake &ldquo<br />Crater&rdquo<br />We collected data of hospitalizations of residents in Abruzzo between 2009 and 2015. Hospital Discharge Records (HDRs) with a primary diagnosis of respiratory disease were included and divided into pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and respiratory insufficiency. Absolute frequencies and standardized hospitalization rates were calculated to perform both a short-term and a medium-long term analysis. A linear regression was performed using standardized hospitalization rates and the time. A total of 108.669 respiratory-related records were collected and the most frequent subgroup was respiratory insufficiency. Standardized Hospitalization Rates (SHRs) for respiratory diseases resulted higher in the non-Crater than Crater area, but the short-term analysis showed a significant increase in hospitalizations for pneumonia and respiratory insufficiency in the Crater area. The medium-long term analysis reported a significant difference on the slope decrease of hospitalizations for acute and chronic respiratory diseases in the Crater versus the non-Crater area. The earthquake may have played a triggering role in the increased detection of respiratory diseases. A temporal relationship between the quake and an increase in admissions was found although it is not yet possible to detect a direct cause-effect relationship.
- Subjects :
- L aquila
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Respiratory Tract Diseases
0211 other engineering and technologies
lcsh:Medicine
02 engineering and technology
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Earthquakes
Hospital records
Respiratory diseases
medicine
Hospital discharge
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Respiratory system
earthquakes
Aged
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
COPD
business.industry
respiratory diseases
Public health
Significant difference
Respiratory disease
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
hospital records
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Hospitalization
Pneumonia
Italy
Emergency medicine
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2f052b17789e657649e5e10ff58ce689