Spatiotemporal patterns of asthma in Bhutan: a Bayesian analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder requiring ongoing medical management. This ecological study investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of notification rates for asthma from clinic visits and hospital discharges and identified demographic, meteorological and environmental factors that drive asthma in Bhutan.

Methods

Monthly numbers of asthma notifications from 2016 to 2022 were obtained from the Bhutan Ministry of Health. Climatic variables (rainfall, relative humidity, minimum and maximum temperature) were obtained from the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology, Bhutan. The Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and surface particulate matter (PM2.5) were extracted from open sources. A multivariable zero-inflated Poisson regression (Z

SUBMITTER: Tsheten T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature