Skip to main content
Author(s):
Nutchanok Niyatiwatchanchai, Chaicharn Pothirat, Warawut Chaiwong, Chalerm Liwsrisakun, Nittaya Phetsuk, Pilaiporn Duangjit, Woranoot Choomuang
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Wildland Firefighter Health

NRFSN number: 25996
FRAMES RCS number: 66983
Record updated:

We aim to assess small airway dysfunction, spirometry, health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), and inflammatory biomarkers between the wildland firefighters and healthy controls. Lung function including impulse oscillometry (IOS) and spirometry, HR-QoL measured by the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) and St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP), and D-dimer were collected twice in the non-pollution period and pollution period. Gaussian regression was used for comparison all parameters between two groups. The results showed that the changes in area under reactance curve between 5 Hz and resonant frequency (AX) between the non-pollution and pollution periods in wildland firefighters was significantly higher compared to healthy controls (adjusted mean difference = 0.15 kPa/L, 95%CI;0.01, 0.28, p = 0.032). Our pilot study concluded that there was short-term effect on small airway function in wildland firefighter air pollutant exposure. However, there was no effect on spirometry, HRQoL, and inflammatory biomarkers in young wildland firefighters.

Citation

Niyatiwatchanchai, Nutchanok; Pothirat, Chaicharn; Chaiwong, Warawut; Liwsrisakun, Chalerm; Phetsuk, Nittaya; Duangjit, Pilaiporn; Choomuang, Woranoot. 2023. Short-term effects of air pollutant exposure on small airway dysfunction, spirometry, health-related quality of life, and inflammatory biomarkers in wildland firefighters: a pilot study. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 33(9):850-863. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2022.2063263

Access this Document

Treesearch

publication access with no paywall

Check to see if this document is available for free in the USDA Forest Service Treesearch collection of publications. The collection includes peer reviewed publications in scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports produced by Forest Service employees, as well as science synthesis publications and other products from Forest Service Research Stations.