升级与气候有关的健康风险,哈吉朝圣者到麦加朝圣者
Saber Yezli1, Salleh Ehaideb2, Yara Yassin3
1Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of travel medicine
|March 8, 2024
概括
全球气温上升在朝圣期间增加了与热相关的疾病 (HRIs). 缓解策略显著减少了热中风 (HS) 和热疲劳 (HE) 病例,尽管热量上升.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 气候变化的影响 气候变化的影响
背景情况:
- 全球气温正在上升,导致更频繁和更严重的热浪.
- 热相关疾病 (HRIs) 对热气候地区的旅行者构成重大威胁.
- 每年的哈吉朝圣是一个很大的聚会,容易受到高温风险的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查在朝期间环境温度上升和HRIs之间的关系.
- 评估缓解策略在减少与热有关的健康风险方面的有效性.
- 分析40年期间的哈吉数据以了解趋势.
主要方法:
- 一项使用40年来从麦加朝获得的气象和HRI数据的观测研究.
- 时间天气变化的分析和与热中风 (HS) 和热疲劳 (HE) 发生率的相关性.
- 评估缓解措施在两个朝热周期中的有效性.
主要成果:
- 平均干灯泡温度每十年增加0.4°C;湿灯泡增加0.2°C.
- 这两种温度升高与HS和HE发病率有很强的相关性 (P < 0.001).
- 缓解策略导致HS病例减少74.6%,病例死亡率下降47.6%.
结论:
- 气候变化在麦加带来了不断升级的健康风险.
- 缓解措施可以有效地减少大量,多样化的人口的HRIs.
- 必须完善公共卫生干预措施,以应对全球气温上升的问题.
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