Climate Change Related Catastrophic Rainfall Events and Non-Communicable Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.2. Selection Process
2.3. Data Collection Process
2.4. Study Risk of Bias Assessment
3. Results
3.1. Study Characteristics
3.2. Risk of Bias in Studies
3.3. Outcomes and Study Populations
3.4. Case Definitions
3.5. Study Design
3.6. Statistical Analysis
3.7. Exposure Assessment
3.8. Results of Individual Studies
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AR | allergic rhinitis |
AXIS | Appraisal tool for Cross-Sectional Studies |
CI | Confidence interval |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
ED | Emergency department |
HR | Hazard ratio |
ICD | International Classification of Disease |
NCRD | non-communicable respiratory disease |
OR | Odds ratio |
RR | Relative risk |
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Search Field | PubMed | Web of Science | Scopus |
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1 | (flood OR hurricane OR monsoon OR typhoon OR “tropical storm”) | (AB = flood OR AB = hurricane OR AB = monsoon OR AB = typhoon OR AB = “tropical storm”) | ABS (flood OR hurricane OR monsoon OR typhoon OR “tropical storm”) |
2 | (asthma OR “allergic rhinitis” OR “bronchitis” OR “COPD” OR “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”) | (AB= asthma OR AB = “allergic rhinitis” OR AB = “bronchitis” OR AB = “COPD” OR AB = “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”) | ABS (asthma OR “allergic rhinitis” OR “bronchitis” OR “COPD” OR “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”) |
Author (Year) | Location | Study Duration | Sample Size | Study Design |
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Schinasi LH, 2020 | Philadelphia PA, USA | 2011–2016 | 10,343 children | Case-crossover |
Shih HI, 2020 | Taiwan | 2008–2011 | 715,233 adults with cerebrovascular disease | Population based case-control |
Larson PS, 2021 | Detroit MI, USA | 2012–2020 | 4803 households | Cross-sectional survey |
Fanny SA, 2021 | Houston TX, USA | 2016–2017 | 39,514 children | Cross-sectional survey |
Eiffert S, 2016 | Atlanta GA, USA | June–August 2014 | 507 households | Cross-sectional survey |
Saporta D, 2017 | New Jersey, USA | 2003–2015 | 200 patients | Cohort |
Qu Y, 2021 | New York, USA | 2001–2013 | All COPD hospitalizations during study period (unknown number) | Time-series |
Chowdhury M, 2019 | US Virgin Islands | 2017–2018 | 11,313 ED encounters | Time-series |
Hoppe KA, 2012 | Iowa, USA | 2008–2009 | 73 households | Retrospective survey |
Hendrickson LA, 1997 | Hawaii, USA | August–October 1992 | 1584 primary care and ED encounters | Retrospective record review |
Cowan K, 2021 | North Carolina, USA | 2010–2011 | All ED visits in 100 NC counties | Retrospective record review |
Azuma K, 2013 | Japan | 2004–2010 | 379 households | Retrospective survey |
Cummings K, 2008 | NOLA, USA | 2006 | 553 post-hurricane residents | Cross-sectional survey |
Brokamp C, 2017 | Ohio, USA | 2010–2014 | 21,108 pediatric asthma ED encounters | Case-crossover |
Rath B, 2011 | NOLA, USA | 2005–2006 | 1243 children and adolescents | Cross-sectional survey |
Sato S, 2016 | Fukushima, Japan | 2013 | 58 asthma patients | Cross-sectional survey |
Author (Year) | Precipitation Type | NCRD | Health Outcome | Significance | Association |
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Schinasi LH, 2020 | Daily heavy precip. 1 | Asthma | Odds of asthma exacerbation in children were 11% higher on heavy precipitation vs. no precipitation days | 95% CI: (1.02–1.21) | ↑ |
Shih HI, 2020 | Typhoon | COPD and Asthma | Among affected adults, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma had significantly increased mortality rates | Adjusted HR: 1.7–2.1 | ↑ |
Larson PS, 2021 | Pluvial flooding | Asthma | Having at least one adult with asthma in the home was associated with flooding | OR 1.42 [95% CI (1.22, 1.64)] | ↑ |
Fanny SA, 2021 | Hurricane | Asthma | There was a significantly higher amount of pediatric asthma exacerbation ED visits in the month after the hurricane, but this association was not significant when controlling for seasonal trends | aOR: 1.81 [95% CI (1.54–2.14)] | ↑ |
Eiffert S, 2016 | Pluvial flooding | Asthma | When controlling for smoking status and length of residence, self-reported current asthma was associated with higher ERMI values 2 | aOR: 1.12, [95% CI: (1.01–1.25); two-tailed p = 0.04] | ↑ - |
Saporta D, 2017 | Hurricanes | Asthma | Post-hurricane patients reported more asthma or lower respiratory symptoms than pre-hurricane (39% vs. 25%) | p < 0.05 | ↑ |
Qu Y, 2019 | Major storms | COPD | Higher rates of COPD hospitalization were associated with major storms, which mainly included flooding, thunder, hurricane, snow, ice, and wind across lag 0–6 days | Adjusted RRs ranged from 1.23–1.49, with significant effects on lag days 0–4 [95% CI: (1.05–2.58)] | ↑ |
Chowdhury M, 2019 | Hurricanes | Asthma | Higher rates of ED visits for asthma in the two month post-hurricane period compared to pre-hurricane (87.6 asthma patients per 1000 ED visits compared to 74.8) | p < 0.05 | ↑ |
Hoppe KA, 2012 | Flooding | Asthma | Residents of flooded homes experienced more asthma symptoms and required an increase in controller medications | aOR 3.77; [95% CI: (2.06–6.92)] and aOR 1.38, [95% CI: (1.01–1.88)] | ↑ |
Hendrickson LA, 1997 | Hurricane | Asthma | Primary care visits for asthma were increased in the two week period following Hurricane Iniki | RR: 2.8, [95% CI: (1.93–4.09)] | ↑ |
Cowan K, 2021 | Hurricane | Asthma | Rates of asthma ED visits were similar in counties that received a disaster declaration and counties that did not | Adjusted rate ratio: 1.02 [95% CI: (0.97–1.08)] | - |
Azuma K, 2015 | Flooding | Respiratory symptoms–cough/rhinorrhea | Residents of water damaged homes had higher rates of respiratory and nasal symptoms one week after flooding | aOR: 4.19 [95% CI: (1.17–15.0) and aOR: 8.15 [95% CI: (2.39–27.8)] | ↑ |
Cummings K, 2008 | Flooding | LRS/wheeze | Positive association between exposure to water-damaged homes and lower respiratory symptoms (cough/wheeze) | p < 0.05 | ↑ |
Brokamp C, 2017 | Flooding | Asthma | Increased risk per combined sewer overflow (CSO) event for an asthma-related ED visit was observed 1 and 5 days following CSO events | OR: 1.11 [95% CI: (0.98,1.25)] and OR: 1.12 [95% CI: (0.99,1.27)], respectively) | ↑ |
Rath B, 2011 | Hurricane | Asthma | Self-reported URS and LRS (76% and 36%, respectively) were higher after the hurricane than before the hurricane (22% and 9%, respectively | p < 0.0001 | ↑ |
Sato S, 2016 | Typhoon | Asthma | 29.3% patients reported worsened asthma symptoms and received systemic corticosteroids as rescue medication over the study period of 1 year (47.0% vs. 19.5%) | p = 0.033 | ↑ |
Author (Year) | Location | Rater 1 Score | Rater 2 Score |
---|---|---|---|
Larson PS, 2021 | Detroit MI, USA | 18 | 17 |
Fanny SA, 2021 | Houston TX, USA | 17 | 16 |
Eiffert S, 2016 | Atlanta GA, USA | 17 | 16 |
Qu Y, 2021 | New York, USA | 17 | 17 |
Chowdhury M, 2019 | US Virgin Islands | 16 | 14 |
Hoppe KA, 2012 | Iowa, USA | 16 | 16 |
Hendrickson LA, 1997 | Hawaii, USA | 18 | 18 |
Cowan K, 2021 | North Carolina, USA | 15 | 15 |
Azuma K, 2013 | Japan | 17 | 17 |
Cummings K, 2008 | NOLA, USA | 18 | 17 |
Rath B, 2011 | NOLA, USA | 16 | 16 |
Sato S, 2016 | Fukushima, Japan | 18 | 17 |
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Schinasi LH, 2020 | Philadelphia PA, USA | Good quality | Good quality |
Shih HI, 2020 | Taiwan | Good quality | Good quality |
Saporta D, 2017 | New Jersey, USA | Good Quality | Good quality |
Brokamp C, 2017 | Ohio, USA | Good quality | Good quality |
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Peirce, A.M.; Espira, L.M.; Larson, P.S. Climate Change Related Catastrophic Rainfall Events and Non-Communicable Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Climate 2022, 10, 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10070101
Peirce AM, Espira LM, Larson PS. Climate Change Related Catastrophic Rainfall Events and Non-Communicable Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Climate. 2022; 10(7):101. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10070101
Chicago/Turabian StylePeirce, Alexandra M., Leon M. Espira, and Peter S. Larson. 2022. "Climate Change Related Catastrophic Rainfall Events and Non-Communicable Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature" Climate 10, no. 7: 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10070101
APA StylePeirce, A. M., Espira, L. M., & Larson, P. S. (2022). Climate Change Related Catastrophic Rainfall Events and Non-Communicable Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Climate, 10(7), 101. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10070101