School of Public Health, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Cumming School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
PLoS One. 2024 Jun 24;19(6):e0304181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304181. eCollection 2024.
Environmental factors resulting from climate change and air pollution are risk factors for many chronic conditions including dementia. Although research has shown the impacts of air pollution in terms of cognitive status, less is known about the association between climate change and specific health-related outcomes of older people living with dementia. In response, we outline a scoping review protocol to systematically review the published literature regarding the evidence of climate change, including temperature and weather variability, on health-related quality of life, morbidity, mobility, falls, the utilization of health resources, and mortality among older adults living with dementia. This scoping review will be guided by the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. Electronic search (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science) using relevant subject headings and synonyms for two concepts (older people with dementia, weather/ climate change). No publication date or other restrictions will be applied to the search strategy. No language restriction will be applied in order to understand the impact of non-English studies in the literature. Eligible studies must include older adults (65+years) with dementia living in the community and investigate the impacts of climate change and/or weather on their health-related quality of life, morbidity, mobility, falls, use of health resources and mortality. Two independent reviewers will screen abstracts and select those for a full-text review, perform these reviews, select articles for retention, and extract data from them in a standardized manner. This data will then be synthesized and interpreted. OSF registration: DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/YRFM8.
环境因素是由气候变化和空气污染导致的，这些因素是许多慢性疾病的风险因素，包括痴呆症。虽然研究已经表明了空气污染对认知状态的影响，但对于气候变化与患有痴呆症的老年人的具体健康相关结果之间的关联，了解较少。有鉴于此，我们制定了一个范围综述方案，以系统地回顾关于气候变化（包括温度和天气变化）对患有痴呆症的老年人的健康相关生活质量、发病率、移动能力、跌倒、卫生资源利用和死亡率的影响的已发表文献。这个范围综述将遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的框架进行。使用相关主题词和同义词对两个概念（患有痴呆症的老年人，天气/气候变化）进行电子搜索（Medline、Embase、PsycINFO、CINAHL、Scopus、Web of Science）。搜索策略将不应用于出版日期或其他限制。不应用语言限制，以了解文献中非英语研究的影响。符合条件的研究必须包括居住在社区中的患有痴呆症的老年人（65 岁以上），并调查气候变化和/或天气对他们的健康相关生活质量、发病率、移动能力、跌倒、卫生资源利用和死亡率的影响。两名独立的审查员将筛选摘要并选择那些进行全文审查，进行这些审查，选择保留的文章，并以标准化的方式从文章中提取数据。然后，将对这些数据进行综合和解释。OSF 注册：DOI：10.17605/OSF.IO/YRFM8。
