A comparison of experience sampled hay fever symptom severity across rural and urban areas of the UK.

ABSTRACT: Hay fever affects people differently and can change over a lifetime, but data is lacking on how environmental factors may influence this. This study is the first to combine atmospheric sensor data with real-time, geo-positioned hay fever symptom reports to examine the relationship between symptom severity and air quality, weather and land use. We study 36145 symptom reports submitted over 5 years by over 700 UK residents using a mobile application. Scores were recorded for nose, eyes and breathing. Symptom reports are labelled as urban or rural using land-use data from the UK's Office for National Statistics. Reports are compared with AURN network pollution measurements and pollen and meteorological data taken from the UK Met Office. Our analysis suggests urban areas record significantly h

SUBMITTER: Gledson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9944909 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature