在患有喘的儿童中,个人表面温度暴露和喘症状之间的关联
Linchen He1, Shoshana Evans1, Christina Norris2
1Department of Community and Population Health, College of Health, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
PloS one
|November 13, 2023
概括
较低的表面温度和温度变化增加与儿童喘症状恶化有关. 个人明显的温度暴露可能比环境温度更强烈的喘触发因素.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿科肺病学 儿科肺病学
- 气候与健康 气候与健康
背景情况:
- 环境温度和湿度会影响喘症状.
- 表面温度解释了湿度对感知温度的影响.
- 个人表面温度暴露和喘症状之间的联系还没有得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查个人表面温度暴露与儿童喘症状严重程度之间的关联.
- 为了比较个人表面温度与环境温度对喘控制的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项小组研究,涉及37名喘儿童 (5-11岁).
- 在2周的时间间隔内,使用儿童喘控制测试 (C-ACT) 评估了喘症状.
- 在每次C-ACT测量之前,计算了个人明显温度暴露 (平均,最小,最大,变化) 和环境温度.
主要成果:
- 较低的1周和2周平均/最低个人表面温度暴露与显著较低的C-ACT得分相关 (表明喘恶化).
- 明显的温度变化 (TV) 也与喘控制的降低有关.
- 个人明显温度暴露似乎比环境温度更强烈地预测了喘症状的变化.
结论:
- 个人明显温度暴露是影响儿童喘症状控制的重要因素.
- 管理个人表面温度暴露可能是个性化喘管理的关键策略.
- 进一步的研究应该探索表面温度在儿科喘中的作用.
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