Meteorological Variables Associated with Stroke

Nocera, Romy; Park, Johnathan; Stander, Eric

doi:10.1155/2014/597106

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“…One of the most common ways to measure the impacts of climate change is to explore the health implications associated with exposure to this specific climate. Weather parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and the Arctic Oscillation have been linked with several adverse health outcomes [16][17][18][19]. A Swedish study conducted to explore the relationship between weather variables-including temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and the Arctic Oscillation-and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reported that changes in weather variables, rather than extreme weather events, were associated with an increase in the number of AMI diseases [18].…”

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Projections of Temperature-Attributable Deaths in Portuguese Metropolitan Areas: A Time-Series Modelling Approach

Rodrigues

Santana

2019

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Climate change is now widely recognised as the greatest global threat over the coming decades. This study aimed to quantify and project the effects of climate change on future temperature-attributable mortality due to circulatory system diseases (CSD) in Lisbon metropolitan area (LMA) and in Porto metropolitan area (PMA). The future time slices of Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP 8.5), mid-term (2046–2065) and long-term (2080–2099) were compared with the reference period (1986–2005). There is a significant decreasing trend in proportion to the overall extreme cold temperature-attributable mortality due to CSD in the future periods (2045–2065 and 2081–2099) in LMA, −0.63% and −0.73%, respectively, and in PMA, −0.62% for 2045–2065 and −0.69% for 2081–2099, compared to the historical period. The fraction attributable to extreme hot temperature in the summer months increased by 0.08% and 0.23%, from 0.04% in the historical period to 0.11% during 2046–2065, and to 0.27% during 2081–2099 in LMA. While there were no noticeable changes due to extreme hot temperature during the summer in PMA, significant increases were observed with warmer winter temperatures: 1.27% and 2.80%. The projections of future temperature-attributable mortality may provide valuable information to support climate policy decision making and temperature-related risk management.

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Projections of Temperature-Attributable Deaths in Portuguese Metropolitan Areas: A Time-Series Modelling Approach

Rodrigues

Santana

2019

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“…There is also an association between stroke and increased temperature, daily changes in average temperature and atmospheric pressure, and the combined effects of maximum temperature and atmospheric pressure (Nocera et al . 2014).…”

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What are the implications of climate change for speech and language therapists?

Sherratt

2020

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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Background: The emerging global issue of climate change has large-scale effects on health and well-being, including communication disorders. The broad range of the speech and language therapy profession's scope of practice incorporates prevention, advocacy and equality in service delivery. These act as a springboard for involvement in climate change and health. Aims: This is an appeal to speech and language therapists (SLTs) to focus and take action on this issue and its considerable effects on communication and swallowing disorders. Methods & Procedures: This article discusses the importance of taking a public health position on prevention and equality of services to manage environmental determinants of communication and swallowing disorders. It also describes the extent to which climate change affects these disorders and exacerbates the inequality of healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries. Main Contribution: Five strategies are provided for action on fulfilling therapists' roles in reducing the incidence, development and exacerbation of climate-related communication and swallowing disorders, as well as the role of SLTs in acting as advocates. The case is made for expanding the scope of services to focus on prevention and service equality so as to best meet the needs of the wider community. Conclusions & Implications: Despite other challenges currently facing SLTs, climate change and its increasing effects on communication disorders and dysphagia is difficult to ignore. SLTs owe it to their clients, the wider community, low-and middle-income countries, the economy, and the future to take action.

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“…Current epidemiological data indicate that 16.9 million people suffer a stroke each year, amounting to a global incidence of 258/100,000 persons/year and accounting for 11.8% of the total deaths worldwide [2]. Previous reports have confirmed that the incidence of strokes may be influenced by meteorological variations [3]. In certain countries, the incidence of strokes and the stroke mortality have shown seasonal patterns with a peak during winter months, which are characterized by lower temperatures [4] [5].…”

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Document Analysis of Correlation between Climate and Stroke

Li¹,

Qian²,

Shu-bi³

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Aim: The aim of the research is to determine characteristic of the correlation between climate and stroke through the analysis of relevant documents. Methods: We found 115 researches of temperature and season on stroke mortality/incidence and these were categorized according to location, meteorology, date span, data source and research sites' latitudes. We divided the globe into 5 temperature zones based on latitude ranges: 0 -10, 10 -23.5, 23.5 -40, 40 -50, and >50 degrees, and allotted a zone to each country. Stroke mortality by five temperature zones was calculated per 100,000 people. Results: 70% of the researches came from latitudes greater than 40 degrees with 92% of researches located in Europe, USA, and Asia. The mortality range was 42 -63 per 105 individuals within latitudes 0 -40 degrees. In latitudes 40 -66.5 degrees, a linear upward trend (y = 69.82x − 22.823, R2 = 0.99) was noticed. More than 75% of the research reports indicated a negative correlation between climate and stroke, and the proportion was almost 6 and 7 times greater than that of the fluctuation and non-correlation, respectively. The most frequently used research methods were regression analysis and time series analysis. Conclusion: All of the research results confirmed that lower temperature is associated with higher mortality and incidence of stroke, while higher latitude is correlated with higher stroke mortality, consistent with the temperature zones.

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Meteorological Variables Associated with Stroke

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References 39 publications

Projections of Temperature-Attributable Deaths in Portuguese Metropolitan Areas: A Time-Series Modelling Approach

Projections of Temperature-Attributable Deaths in Portuguese Metropolitan Areas: A Time-Series Modelling Approach

What are the implications of climate change for speech and language therapists?

Document Analysis of Correlation between Climate and Stroke

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