Hubungan Jerebu dengan Kes Asma: Kajian di Beberapa Buah Hospital di Lembah Klang

HAMIDI ISMAIL (Universiti Utara Malaysia, hamidi@webmail.uum.edu.my), TUAN PAH ROKIAH SYED HUSSAIN (Universiti Utara Malaysia, azimin@uum.edu.my)

Abstract


The 1997 haze has led to several health problems. Haze or small particles in the air may cause respiratory diseases such as asthma. Incidently, the member of asthma cases has elevated between August-October 1997. This study was carried out in three hospitals i.e. Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Kang (HTARK), Hospital Universiti (HU) and Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) to look at the trend in the increase number of asthma cases, based on patients' ages, using Air Pollution Index (API) for the months which showed high concentration of haze component. The data obtained for this study were analysed using qualitative technique. The result of this study indicated a clear pattern or relationship between the haze concentration readings and the number of asthma cases admitted into the three hospitals.

Keywords: environment, health, haze, asthma

ABSTRAK

Peristiwa jerebu pada tahun 1997 telah menimbulkan masalah kesihatan Jerebu atau pertikal halus di udara boleh menyebabkan penyakit yang melibatkan salur pernafasan seperti asma sehingga bilangan pesakit yang dirawat di hospital meningkat dari bulan Ogos hingga Oktober 1997. Kajian ini cuba melihat tren peningkatan bilangan kes rawatan pesakit asma berdasarkan peringkat umur dengan Indeks Pencemar Udara (IPU) bagi bulan-bulan yang tinggi konsentrasi kandungan jerebu dengan mengambil bilangan kes yang dirawat di Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang (HTARK), Hospital Universiti (HU) dan Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) sebagai data. Maklumat yang diperolehi untuk kajian ini dianalisis menggunakan teknik kualitatif. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan terdapat persamaan tren peningkatan yang jelas antara konsentrasi jerebu dengan bilangan kes yang dimasukkan ke dalam ketiga-tiga hospital tersebut.

Kata kunci: alam sekitar, kesihatan, jerebu, asma


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