Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia

Background: Many studies have explored the relationship between temperature and health in the context of a changing climate, but few have considered the effects of humidity, particularly in tropical locations, on human health and well-being. To investigate this potential relationship, this study ass...

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Autores principales:	James Goldie, Steven C. Sherwood, Donna Green, Lisa Alexander
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2015
Materias:	admissions heat stress hyperthermia sleep disruption tropical Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:873901894f1845c6a8975a6c868878af2021-12-02T04:25:34ZTemperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2015.07.003https://doaj.org/article/873901894f1845c6a8975a6c868878af2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1506https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Many studies have explored the relationship between temperature and health in the context of a changing climate, but few have considered the effects of humidity, particularly in tropical locations, on human health and well-being. To investigate this potential relationship, this study assessed the main and interacting effects of daily temperature and humidity on hospital admission rates for selected heat-relevant diagnoses in Darwin, Australia. Methods: Univariate and bivariate Poisson generalized linear models were used to find statistically significant predictors and the admission rates within bins of predictors were compared to explore nonlinear effects. Findings: The analysis indicated that nighttime humidity was the most statistically significant predictor ('P' < 0.001), followed by daytime temperature and average daily humidity ('P' < 0.05). There was no evidence of a significant interaction between them or other predictors. The nighttime humidity effect appeared to be strongly nonlinear: Hot days appeared to have higher admission rates when they were preceded by high nighttime humidity. Conclusions: From this analysis, we suggest that heat-health policies in tropical regions similar to Darwin need to accommodate the effects of temperature and humidity at different times of day.James GoldieSteven C. SherwoodDonna GreenLisa AlexanderUbiquity Pressarticleadmissionsheat stresshyperthermiasleep disruptiontropicalInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 81, Iss 3, Pp 333-341 (2015)
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description	Background: Many studies have explored the relationship between temperature and health in the context of a changing climate, but few have considered the effects of humidity, particularly in tropical locations, on human health and well-being. To investigate this potential relationship, this study assessed the main and interacting effects of daily temperature and humidity on hospital admission rates for selected heat-relevant diagnoses in Darwin, Australia. Methods: Univariate and bivariate Poisson generalized linear models were used to find statistically significant predictors and the admission rates within bins of predictors were compared to explore nonlinear effects. Findings: The analysis indicated that nighttime humidity was the most statistically significant predictor ('P' < 0.001), followed by daytime temperature and average daily humidity ('P' < 0.05). There was no evidence of a significant interaction between them or other predictors. The nighttime humidity effect appeared to be strongly nonlinear: Hot days appeared to have higher admission rates when they were preceded by high nighttime humidity. Conclusions: From this analysis, we suggest that heat-health policies in tropical regions similar to Darwin need to accommodate the effects of temperature and humidity at different times of day.
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title	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
title_short	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
title_full	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
title_fullStr	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
title_full_unstemmed	Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
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Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia

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