Impact of the State of Emergency during the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 on Asthma Exacerbations among Children in Kobe City, Japan

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ID15485181
AuthorsHiroshi Yamaguchi (0000-0003-0973-2657, Kobe University, corresponding author), Kandai Nozu (0000-0002-0290-3137, Kobe University), Shinya Ishiko (0000-0003-0007-8847, Kobe University), Atsushi Kondo (0000-0002-1175-7485, Kobe University), Takeshi Ninchoji (0000-0001-7590-1522, Kobe University), China Nagano (0000-0003-4946-1345, Kobe University), Hiroko Takeda (0009-0003-8567-8389, Kobe University), Hiroki Takeda (Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan), Ai Unzaki (Kobe Children’s Primary Emergency Medical Center, 1-4-1 Wakihamakaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0073, Japan), Kazuto Ishibashi (Kobe Children’s Primary Emergency Medical Center, 1-4-1 Wakihamakaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0073, Japan), Ichiro Morioka (0000-0002-5685-2670, Nihon University), Hiroaki Nagase (0000-0002-9454-9680, Kobe University), Kazumoto Iijima (0000-0003-0378-8174, Kobe University), Akihito Ishida (Kobe Children’s Primary Emergency Medical Center, 1-4-1 Wakihamakaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0073, Japan)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue21
Pages11407-11407
Publication date2021-10-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182111407
PMID34769923
OpenAlexW3210853080
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited72

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic altered environmental factors. We studied the impact of these changes on asthma exacerbation (AE) by comparing the AE-related environmental factors between COVID-19 (2020) and pre-COVID-19 (2011-2019) eras. Between 2011 and 2020, 278,465 children ( 2 ) levels in 2011-2019 among 0-5-year-olds. Although the spring peak in the number of patients was not observed in 2020 after declaration of a state of emergency, the fall peak was again observed after the state of emergency was lifted. No changes in average temperature were detected, but SO 2 was significantly reduced following declaration of the state of emergency in 2020. Therefore, SO 2 reduction might have contributed to the disappearance of the peak of AE. However, a fall peak was observed again in 2020, although SO 2 levels continued to be low. These data suggest that person to person interaction seems to be associated with AE, presumably due to unknown viral infections

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Asthma · Asthma exacerbations · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Declaration · Disease · Emergency department · Exacerbation · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Virology

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