How We Could Use Digital Health to Improve Action on Non-Communicable Diseases

Meirelles M¹*, Vasconcelos H^1,2 and Ferreira C¹

Received: September 30, 2022;   Published: October 18, 2022

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.46.007392

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Abstract

It is frequently accepted that weather and air quality factors contribute to the development and exacerbation of respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases. However, the literature is poor in the correlation between ambient radiation (gamma radiation) and respiratory diseases. This work is assumed in the insular context of the Azores. The base information (epidemiological and gamma radiation) used in this work corresponds to daily data from 2010 to 2020 and provided by the Statistics Service of the Hospital da Horta and The Network for the Continuous Surveillance of Radioactivity in the Environment, with a fixed station in Ponta Delgada (São Miguel_ Azores), whose management being the responsibility of the Portuguese Environment Agency. The practical study’s conclusions show an interesting relationship between hospitalization patterns and ambient gamma radiation levels.

Keywords: Gamma radiation; Hospital; Azores; Respiratory Diseases