Meteorological parameters and hospitalizations of patients with sickle cell anemia: a 20-year retrospective study in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Meteorological parameters and hospitalizations of patients with sickle cell anemia: a 20-year retrospective study in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

To investigate the influence of climate on hospitalizations of sickle cell anemia (SCA) adults and children, we analyzed the health and meteorological parameters from a metropolis (1999-2018). 1462 hospitalizations were coded for SCA patients in crisis (M:F = 715:747) and 1354 hospitalizations for S...

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Published in:International journal of environmental health research Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. 1430 - 1442
Main Authors: Alagbe, Adekunle Emmanuel, Corozolla, Welington, Samejima Teixeira, Liriam, Peres Coelho, Raissa, Heuminski de Avila, Ana Maria, Paro Costa, Paula Dornhofer, Fatima Sonati, Maria, de Faria, Eliana Cotta, Nunes Dos Santos, Magnun Nueldo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Taylor & Francis 01-12-2023
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Anemia
Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Children
Climate
Crises
environmental parameters
Hospitalization
Humans
ICD-10
Meteorological parameters
Retrospective Studies
Sickle cell anemia
Sickle cell disease
Young Adult
Brazil
ICD-10
Sickle cell anemia
hospitalization
meteorological parameters
environmental parameters
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Summary:To investigate the influence of climate on hospitalizations of sickle cell anemia (SCA) adults and children, we analyzed the health and meteorological parameters from a metropolis (1999-2018). 1462 hospitalizations were coded for SCA patients in crisis (M:F = 715:747) and 1354 hospitalizations for SCA patients without crisis (M:F = 698:656) [age = 22.9 vs 15.2 years and duration of hospitalization (DoH) = 5.7 vs 4.4 days, respectively,]. More hospitalizations were for adults than children in crisis, and for children than adults without crisis. More children and adults were hospitalized in winter andspring than in summer and autumn     Hospitalizations correlated positively with humidity (lag −5), maximum pressure (lag −2), mean pressure (lag −2), and thermal amplitude (lag −2), and negatively with maximum temperature (lag −3). DoH positively correlated with minimum temperature (lag −4). Understanding these complex associations would induce attitudinal/behavioral modifications among patients and their caregivers.
ISSN:0960-3123
1369-1619
DOI:10.1080/09603123.2022.2098258