possible effects of changes in the meteorological state over semi-arid areas on the general well-being of weather-sensitive patients可能造成的影响,在半干旱地区的气象状态的变化敏感的病人的一般健康.pdfVIP

Yackerson et al. Environmental Health 2012, 11:26 /content/11/1/26 RESEARCH Open Access Possible effects of changes in the meteorological state over semi-arid areas on the general well-being of weather-sensitive patients 1 2 3 3* Naomy S Yackerson , Ljuba Bromberg , Batiah Adler and Alexander Aizenberg Abstract Background: The influence of the changes in atmospheric states, typical for areas close to big deserts, on general well-being of hypertensive persons was analyzed. Methods: Under test was the group of 20 hypertensive weather-sensitive patients; their blood pressure, pulse rate and appearance of 4 symptoms of discomfort sensations: arthritic pain, unjustified anxiety, severe headache and inexplicable tiredness- were registered. Symptoms are classified in ICD-9 code (780–790) and scored on a 4-point scale. Results were defined as positive (no departure from the range of normal values) or problematic; the daily number of the latter results was collected under the name “pathological reactions” NPR if at least two of these 7 checked symptoms (of one patient) were outside the normal range. Comparison of the current weather conditions with their means, questioning of patients and repeated examinations are used to gain information. The data was analyzed employing the SAS statistical software. Pearson and Spearman correlations were used, applied on the best and worst days, when a minimum and a maximum of pathological changes NPR in the patients’ well-being were observed. The statistical significance was p 0.05 in all cases. Results: ~1500 medical observations and verbal statements were registered in the Primary Care Clinic (Be’er-Sheva, Israel) during 2001–2002. No meaning correlation was foun