SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Housing Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Indoor air pollution exposure and acute respiratory infection among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing housing exposures and interventions that impact healthy cities: a systematic overview of reviews.Perspectives in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of behavioural risk factors on communicable diseases: a systematic review of reviews.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Disability inclusion as a missing pillar of Africa's non-communicable disease response.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Risk Factors, Distribution Patterns, and Their Implications for Environmentally Based Tuberculosis Transmission Risk Control Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in an Urban Poor Locality of Bengaluru, South India - A Cross-sectional Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Unpacking the influence of ICT on respiratory diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Health-promoting housing policy in a changing climate: integrating affordability, security, and resilience.Health promotion international · 2026Review
- Article
- Exposure to living environmental risk factors and incidence of chronic lung disease in Chinese adults: results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Inequities in the Age-Specific Burden of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Canada, 2016-2019.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Impact of the Circadian Rhythm and Seasonal Changes on the Outcome of Cardiovascular Interventions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Home Environment as a Therapeutic Target for Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases: Delivering Restorative Living Spaces, Patient Education and Self-Care by Bridging Biophilic Design, E-Commerce and Digital Health Technologies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Cognitive Health Costs of Poor Housing for Women: Exploring Executive Function and Housing Stress in Urban Slums in India.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Cultivating Health in All Policies Mindsets: An Ongoing Journey to Integrate Health and Housing in Georgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Impact of Nirsevimab Immunization on Pediatric Hospitalization Rates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024).Vaccines · 2024Review
- Health and demographic indicators of selected districts of India: An impact of Swasthya Rakshan Programme (SRP).Journal of public health research · 2024Article
- The epidemic forest reveals the spatial pattern of the spread of acute respiratory infections in Jakarta, Indonesia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The impacts of housing conditions on physical and mental health - A mini-review informed by a rapid conversion of evidence from Alidoust and Huang (2021).Frontiers in environmental health · 2024Article
- Investigating neighbourhood environmental risk factors associated with childhood acute respiratory infection symptoms in Ethiopia mixed effect and multilevel logistic regression analysis based on EDHS 2016.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Cold, damp and mouldy housing arises from the degradation of the housing stock over time due to weathering and a lack of maintenance. Living in such houses is associated with many adverse impacts on human health, especially for those with existing health issues. This paper presents a systematic review, using the PRISMA protocol, consisting of an exploratory analysis of housing-related risk factors associated with respiratory disease. The review consisted of 360 studies investigating 19 risk factors associated with respiratory conditions. Each fall into one of four categories, namely, (1) outdoor environment-related factors; (2) indoor air pollution-related factors; (3) housing non-structure-related factors; or (4) housing structure-related factors. The results show that effects of poor housing conditions on occupants' respiratory health is a growing research field, where poor indoor air quality, mainly due to a lack of adequate ventilation, was found to be the most influential risk factor. Usage of solid fuel and living in an urban area without a pollutant-free air filtration system are the main risk factors related to inadequate ventilation. Therefore, an adequate and reliable ventilation system with air-infiltration was considered to be the main mitigation solution to improve indoor air quality. It is suggested that government organisations and health practitioners could use the identified risk factors to measure the healthiness of existing dwellings and take measures to improve existing conditions and develop regulations for new housing construction to promote the healthy home concept. Further research is needed for risk mitigation strategies to reduce the respiratory health burden attributed to housing.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.