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- Systematic Review Adverse health effects of climate change and air pollution in people with disabilities: a systematic review
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Nakyung Rhim1*
, Seohyun Lee1*
, Kyung-Hwa Choi2,3
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Epidemiol Health 2024;46e2024080-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2024080
Published online: September 27, 2024
2Department of Preventive Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
3Research Institute of Healthcare Bigdata, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Corresponding author:
Kyung-Hwa Choi,
Email: rosach72@dankook.ac.kr
* Nakyung Rhim and Seohyun Lee contributed equally to this study as co-first authors.
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Abstract
Global warming and air pollution adversely affect the health of the entire human population, particularly older adults, people with disabilities (PWDs), and children. In this systematic review, we investigated the adverse health effects of climate change and air pollution in PWDs. We conducted a comprehensive literature search of the PubMed database using the terms “disab*,” “air pollution,” and “climate change” on July 4, 2023, and August 8, 2023 and searched the Web of Science (WOS) database on December 28, 2023. We identified 425 and 1,169 studies on climate change cited in PubMed and WOS, respectively, as well as 333 studies on air pollution in PubMed and 495 studies on air pollution in WOS. The studies were classified by type of exposure, and full-text screening was conducted to confirm that the population, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome statement, and inclusion and exclusion criteria were met. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess the quality of the included cohort and case-control studies and for data analysis. In extreme temperatures, PWDs experienced higher rates of injury, heat-related illness, functional impairment, heart disease, mental disorders, and mortality than people who were non-disabled (ND). Exposure to air pollution resulted in higher rates of obesity, cardiovascular disease, poststroke neurological and functional disability, and mortality in PWDs than in people who were ND. Therefore, because PWDs were more affected by climate change and air pollution than people who were ND, sensitive policies and preparedness measures should be developed for PWDs.
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