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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Change in Asthma Is Associated with Change in PTSD in World Trade Center Health Registrants, 2011 to 2016.

Stephen M Friedman, Howard Alper, Rafael E de la Hoz, Sukhminder Osahan, Mark R Farfel, James Cone

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephen M FriedmanWorld Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101, USA.
Howard AlperWorld Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101, USA.
Rafael E de la HozDivision of Occupational Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8949-9279
Sukhminder OsahanWorld Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101, USA.
Mark R FarfelWorld Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101, USA.
James ConeWorld Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101, USA.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

Extension of the World Trade Center RegistryU50OH009739 · OH · NEW YORK CITY HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE · PI FARFEL, MARK R · 2009 to 2025
$120.0M
NIOSH CDC HHS U50 OH009739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The WTC Health Registry (WTCHR) is a closed, longitudinal cohort of rescue/recovery workers and survivors exposed to the 11 September 2001 disaster. WTCHR enrollees diagnosed with asthma after 11 September 2001 continued to experience poor control despite treatment. Asthma is associated with mental problems, although their bidirectional movement has not been studied. This study tested whether a clinical change in mental problems was associated with a difference in asthma control, and whether a change in asthma control varied with a change in quality of life (QoL). Difference in the Asthma Control Test (ACT) on the WTCHR from 2011-12 to 2015-16 was compared with the change in the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-17), the Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale, self-reported heartburn, and change of physical and mental QoL over this period. In adjusted multinomial multivariable logistic regression, improved PCL-17 was associated with a better ACT score, odds ratio (OR) = 1.42 (95% C.I. 1.01, 1.99), and a worsened PCL-17 score was associated with a worsened ACT score, OR = 1.77 (95% C.I. 1.26, 2.50). Decreased ACT was associated with poor physical QoL, OR = 1.97 (95% C.I. 1.48, 2.62). Change in mental health measures tracked with change in asthma control, which correlated with a change in QoL. Careful follow-up and treatment of all three are indicated to improve these inter-related issues.

Indexed as

AsthmaSeptember 11 Terrorist AttacksStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHumansMental HealthNew York CityQuality of LifeRegistriesACTasthmadisasterPTSDquality of lifeWorld Trade Center Health Registry

Identifiers

PMID35805453
PMCPMC9266235
OpenAlexW4283591722

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