The aim of our study was to assess the temporal association between the number of consultations in the primary health care unit due to respiratory diseases in children and the level of particular ...matter of 10 micrometres in diameter (PM10) pollution in the Zasavje region.
A time-trend ecological study was carried out for the period between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2011. The daily number of first consultations for respiratory diseases among children in the Zasavje region was observed as the outcome. Poisson regression analysis was used to investigate the association between the observed outcome and the daily PM
concentrations, adjusted to other covariates.
The results showed that the daily number of first consultations were highly significantly associated with the daily concentrations of PM
in the Zagorje (p<0.001) and Trbovlje (p<0.001) municipalities. In the Hrastnik municipality, a significant association was not observed in all models.
It can be concluded that evidence of association between the daily PM10 concentration and the daily number of first consultations for respiratory diseases among children exists, indicating that there is still a need for public health activities in the sense of reduction of harmful environmental factors in the region. Additionally, on the basis of these results, it can be assumed that with some improvements linkage of existing health and environmental data in Slovenia in general could be feasible in identifying a grounded need for future public health action.
Namen: Namen študije je bil oceniti časovno povezanost med številom obiskov v primarnem zdravstvenem varstvu zaradi bolezni dihal pri otrocih in prašnimi delci premera 10 mikrometrov (PM10) v Zasavju.
Ekološka študija časovnega trenda je bila izvedena za obdobje od 1. januarja 2006 do 31. decembra 2011. Opazovani izid je bil dnevno število prvih obiskov zaradi bolezni dihal pri otrocih v Zasavju. Za oceno povezanosti med opazovanim izidom in dnevnimi koncentracijami PM10, standardizirano na preostale pojasnjevalne dejavnike, je bila uporabljena Poissonova regresijska analiza.
Rezultati so pokazali močno statistično povezanost med dnevnim številom prvih obiskov in dnevnimi koncentracijami PM
v občinah Zagorje (p < 0,001) in Trbovlje (p < 0,001). V občini Hrastnik nismo opazili značilne povezanosti pri vseh modelih.
Sklenemo lahko, da v Zasavju obstaja povezanost med boleznimi dihal pri otrocih in koncentracijo PM
, kar kaže na to, da je v tej slovenski regiji še vedno prisotna potreba po javnozdravstvenih ukrepih v smislu zmanjševanja škodljivih okoljskih dejavnikov. Dodatno lahko na podlagi rezultatov študije sklepamo, da bi bilo lahko v prihodnje v Sloveniji povezovanje okoljskih in zdravstvenih podatkov z nekaterimi izboljšavami uporabno pri ocenjevanju utemeljenih potreb za javnozdravstveno ukrepanje.
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