The effect of polluting cooking fuels on depression among older adults in six low- and middle-income countries.

Autor: Li X; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Guo Y; Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institution of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 10040530, Sweden., Xiao J; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Liu T; School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511436, China., Zeng W; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Hu J; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., He G; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Rong Z; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Zhu Z; Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China., Wu F; Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: wufan@shmu.edu.cn., Ma W; School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511436, China. Electronic address: mawj@gdiph.org.cn.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2022 Sep 10; Vol. 838 (Pt 2), pp. 155690. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 06.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155690
Abstrakt: Background: Little is known about the association between polluting cooking fuel and depression among older adults living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Objective: To evaluate the association between polluting cooking fuel and depression in older population of LMICs.
Methods: We derived data from WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), which was conducted in six LMICs including China, India, Ghana, South Africa, Mexico and Russia. We applied logistic regression with the propensity score method to examine the relationship of polluting cooking fuel and depression among adults ≥50 years old.
Results: Overall, the odds ratio (OR) of depression was 1.57 [95% confidence intervals (CIs), 1.26-1.93] for older adults relying on polluting cooking fuel in six LMICs. In India and China, polluting cooking fuel was associated with depression with ORs of 2.06 (95%CI, 1.44-2.94) and 1.59 (95%CI, 1.01-2.49), respectively. Positive OR of depression was identified for those polluting cooking fuel users aged over 65 years old (OR, 1.65; 95%CI,1.16-2.36) and those aged 50-65 (OR, 1.50; 95%CI,1.14-1.97). Polluting cooking fuel was associated with depression for females (OR, 1.80; 95%CI, 1.32-2.46), however we did not observe significant association for males. Positive effect of polluting cooking fuel was identified in both rural (OR, 1.72; 95%CI, 1.26-2.34) and urban areas (OR, 1.44; 95%CI, 1.07-1.95). For individuals relying on solid fuel, cooking in a room used for living/sleeping and using open stove/fire was associated with depression with ORs of 1.30 (95%CI, 1.14-1.48) and 1.15 (95%CI, 1.01-1.31), respectively. However, no significant effect was identified for hood.
Conclusion: Polluting cooking fuel was related to depressive symptoms among older adults in LMICs. In addition, cooking ventilation could be useful intervention to control health hazard of solid fuel.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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