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A Survey of Doctors' Awareness of Weather Sensitive Diseases and Health-Related Weather Information

기상민감질환과 기상요소의 상관관계에 대한 의료진의 기초인식파악을 위한 설문조사기반 연구

  • Kim, Hyunsu (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Yoo-Keun (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Ju-Hee (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • An, Hye Yeon (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Taehee (Air Quality Forecasting Center, Climate and Air Quality Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Yun, Jina (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University) ;
  • Won, Kyung-Mi (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Jiho (Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Oh, Inbo (Environmental Health Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young-Mi (Ecobrain Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Lim, Yeon-Ju (Ecobrain Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Kang, Min-Sung (Center for Industrial Technology, Dong-Eui University)
  • 김현수 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 김유근 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 정주희 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 안혜연 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부) ;
  • 김태희 (국립환경과학원 기후대기연구부 대기질통합예보센터) ;
  • 윤진아 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부) ;
  • 원경미 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 이지호 (울산대학교 의과대학 직업환경의학교실) ;
  • 오인보 (울산대학교 의과대학 환경보건센터) ;
  • 이영미 ((주)에코브레인) ;
  • 임연주 ((주)에코브레인) ;
  • 강민성 (동의대학교 산업기술개발연구소)
  • Received : 2017.03.08
  • Accepted : 2017.05.08
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

Provider-oriented weather information has been rapidly changing to become more customer-oriented and personalized. Given the increasing interest in wellness and health topics, the demand for health weather information, and biometeorology, also increased. However, research on changes in the human body according to weather conditions is still insufficient due to various constraints, and interdisciplinary research is also lacking. As part of an effort to change that, this study surveyed medical practitioners at an actual treatment site, using questionnaires, to investigate what kind of weather information they could utilize. Although there was a limit to the empirical awareness that medical staff had about weather information, most respondents noted that there is a correlation between disease and weather, with cardiovascular diseases (coronary artery disease (98.5%) and hypertension (95.9% ), skin diseases (atopic dermatitis (100%), sunburn (93.8%)) being the most common weather-sensitive ailments. Although there are subject-specific differences, most weather-sensitive diseases tend to be affected by temperature and humidity in general. Respiratory and skin diseases are affected by wind and solar radiation, respectively.

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