Abstract
Background:
Arab Gulf Countries face a growing threat from air pollution and its impact on respiratory health, particularly regarding COPD, asthma, pneumoconiosis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. While existing research points to a link between poor air quality and worsened respiratory outcomes, with green spaces, studies specifically exploring this relationship in this region are insufficient. Eventually, the gaps in the previous studies include a limited number of studies that explore the relationship between the air quality and respiratory diseases, which this research includes (COPD, asthma, pneumoconiosis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) among AGC.
Methods:
The type of this study is retrospective, secondary data, descriptive and analytical study. The study data were extracted from two publicly available data [1] Environmental performance index and [2] Global health data exchange. According to references of the GHDx, an open number of sample size was extracted from published resource since all parameters were used and the data was collected from all populations to measure the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of the respiratory diseases that this research covered in the AGC from 2013 to 2019.
Results:
COPD deaths dominated (60.74%) from 2013-2019, while pneumoconiosis deaths were least common (0.15%). Significantly, a strong association (P ≤ .05) existed between air quality and reported respiratory disease deaths. Prevalence: The study found that asthma was the most common prevalence respiratory disease at (72.53%), while pneumoconiosis was the least common at (0.0089%). There was a statistically significant relationship between air quality and the prevalence of respiratory diseases in the region (P ≤ .05). Incidence: The study found that asthma was the most common respiratory disease at (53.14%), while pneumoconiosis was the least common at (0.0230%). There was a statistically significant correlation between air quality and the incidence of respiratory diseases (P ≤ .05).
Conclusions:
There is a significant relationship between air quality and respiratory diseases, including COPD, asthma, pneumoconiosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among AGC in terms of mortality, prevalence, and incidence. Furthermore, additional research on the relationship between air quality and respiratory diseases is essential to determine if there is a significant improvement or worsening in respiratory conditions when air quality improves.
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