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    Nursing Times
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    Area of Science:

    • Environmental health
    • Respiratory medicine

    Background:

    • Asthma affects 5% of UK adults and 8-10% of children.
    • Rising hospital admissions for asthma coincide with increased air pollution levels.
    • Public and media conjecture links traffic emissions to increased asthma incidence.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine research evidence linking air pollution to the rise in asthma.
    • To assess the applicability of this evidence for nurses advising asthma patients.

    Main Methods:

    • Literature review of studies on air pollution and asthma.
    • Analysis of trends in asthma admissions and air pollution data.
    • Evaluation of evidence for causal relationships.

    Main Results:

    • The article questions the direct causal link between air pollution and the rise in asthma.
    • Synchronicity between pollution levels and asthma admissions is noted but causality is debated.
    • Evidence for nurses to use in patient advice is critically assessed.

    Conclusions:

    • The direct causal relationship between air pollution and the rise in asthma requires further robust research.
    • Nurses should be cautious when advising patients on air pollution as a direct cause of asthma.
    • More evidence is needed to definitively link environmental factors to asthma prevalence.