在韩国残疾人中,热和住院风险在韩国残疾人中存在
Jinah Park1, Ayoung Kim1, Ziyad Al-Aly2
1Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Nature communications
|April 29, 2025
概括
残疾人面临着更高的与热量相关的住院风险. 这项研究强调了这一群体对高温的脆弱性增加,强调了在极端高温事件期间需要有针对性的公共卫生干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 极端高温对健康构成重大风险,但其对残疾人的具体影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解热量对弱势群体的影响对于制定有效的公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查残疾人和没有残疾人的热暴露和急诊室 (ED) 住院之间的关联.
- 量化残疾人与普通人群相比,体验的热风险差异.
主要方法:
- 使用来自韩国国家医疗保险服务数据库的16年 (2006-2021) 索赔数据,采用了案例交叉设计.
- 分析包括584,743名残疾人入院,并比较了与热有关的住院风险.
主要成果:
- 残疾人经历了与热量相关的ED住院住院的统计学上显著增加的风险 (异常比:1.10,95% CI:1.08-1.13).
- 与没有残疾的人相比,残疾人的相对热风险为1.33 (95% CI: 1.29-1.37).
- 残疾人群中的特定子组,包括脑损伤,智力/精神残疾以及中低人口密度地区的居民,显示出更高的热风险.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了强有力的证据,证明残疾人因高温而增加住院的风险.
- 在残疾人群体中存在热风险差异,受特定条件和地理因素的影响.
- 调查结果强调,迫切需要制定量身定制的热量行动计划和干预措施,以保护残疾人在极端高温期间受到保护.
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