ArticleBMC public health2026
Pilot study of a community-based PM
Article in BMC public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundParticulate matter (PM) is a recognized Group 1 carcinogen and is also associated with adverse cardiopulmonary and neurological outcomes. However, community-based strategies to reduce exposure among vulnerable populations remain limited in Korea. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a structured, nurse-delivered educational intervention to improve protective behaviors, reduce indoor PM
methodsA cluster non-randomized controlled trial, involving 59 participants (intervention group, n = 30; control group, n = 29; aged ≥ 65 years), was conducted within the Municipal Home Visit Health Management Program in Incheon, South Korea. The intervention group received a standardized education module based on the Health Belief Model, practical training, and text message alerts, whereas the controls received usual care. Outcomes, including awareness, protective behaviors, indoor air quality (continuous PM monitoring), and spirometry parameters, were measured at baseline and at 6 weeks.
resultsThe intervention group showed significant improvements in predicted FEV
conclusionsIn this 6-week pilot trial, a brief community-based educational intervention integrated into routine home-visit nursing services was feasible, well-received, and associated with short-term improvements in indoor air quality and selected pulmonary function indices among older adults. These preliminary findings warrant confirmation in larger and longer trials before scalable participatory education programs can be recommended for sustained reduction of PM
trial registrationClinical Research Information Service (CRIS) KCT0009917, Registered 8 November 2024.
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.