Impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disasters are events that disrupt the daily functioning of a community or society, and may increase long-term risk of adverse cardiometabolic outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to determine the impact of disasters, including pandemics, on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life-course.

Design

A systematic search was conducted in May 2020 using two electronic databases, EMBASE and Medline. All studies were screened in duplicate at title and abstract, and full-text level. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they assessed the association between a population-level or community disaster and cardiometabolic outcomes ≥1 month following the disaster. There were no restrictio

SUBMITTER: De Rubeis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098961 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature