EFFECT OF THERMAL COMFORT IN THE OCCURRENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN DIFFERENT GROUPS ETARIOS IN SANTARÉM-PA

Abstract

Diseases of the Cardiovascular System (DCS) represent one of the greatest risks to morbidity and mortality in Brazil and worldwide. In view of this scenario, the objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of thermal comfort on the occurrence of DCS in children, young people, adults and elderly in the city of Santarém, west of Pará. Monthly data of temperature and relative humidity of the air collected by the automatic meteorological station of the Wilson Fonseca International Airport, and records of hospitalizations for diseases of the cardiovascular system by place of residence, of the Database of the Informatics Department of the Unified Health system for the period from 1998 to 2018. The Thom discomfort index is an empirical methodology that estimates the thermal conditions of the environment in four different ranges using data of temperature and relative humidity of the air, in the present study this methodology was used to represent the thermal comfort and the Marginal modeling via generalized estimation equations was used to verify the association between thermal conditions of the environment and the number of hospitalizations by DCS, and the relative risk (RR) to assess the degree of effect in Each age group. The results indicate a direct association with statistical significance for all age groups evaluated, with higher RR observed in adults and elderly. It is hoped that these results can collaborate with the understanding of the influence of environmental factors on the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in cities in the Amazon.