ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
The Effectiveness of Intervening on Social Isolation to Reduce Mortality during Heat Waves in Aged Population: A Retrospective Ecological Study.
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- Association between long-term extreme high temperature and mortality: a 9-million prospective cohort study.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Insights from a workshop on climate-resilience in health systems in Japan and Germany: strategies to counteract social isolation and heat health risks for older adults.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
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- Extreme Heat Events and Emergency Department Visits among Older Adults in California from 2012-2019.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Senior Health in a Changing Climate: Unique Needs of a Complex Population.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021.Nature communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeat waves are correlated with increased mortality in the aged population. Social isolation is known as a vulnerability factor. This study aims at evaluating the correlation between an intervention to reduce social isolation and the increase in mortality in the population over 80 during heat waves.
methodsThis study adopted a retrospective ecologic design. We compared the excess mortality rate (EMR) in the over-80 population during heat waves in urban areas of Rome (Italy) where a program to reduce social isolation was implemented, to others where it was not implemented. We measured the mortality of the summer periods from 2015 to 2019 compared with 2014 (a year without heat waves). Winter mortality, cadastral income, and the proportion of people over 90 were included in the multivariate Poisson regression.
resultsThe EMR in the intervention and controls was 2.70% and 3.81%, respectively. The rate ratio was 0.70 (c.i. 0.54-0.92,
conclusionsReducing social isolation could limit the impact of heat waves on the mortality of the elderly population.
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