The usability of ClimApp: A personalized thermal stress warning tool

Eggeling, Jakob; Rydenfält, Christofer; Kingma, Boris; Toftum, Jørn; Gao, Chuansi

doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100310

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“…97, 98 These interventions could be implemented through traditional randomized controlled trials or using innovative designs such as just-in-time interventions using weather forecasts that might be particularly relevant for heatwaves. 99,100 At the societal level, equitable adaptation should be promoted 101 . These efforts should ideally be combined with environmental measures such as urban greening, 102 urban water features, passive cooling and the improvement of buildings’ insulation and ventilation systems.…”

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A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate

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Vielma

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Background Earlier reviews documented the effects of a broad range of climate change outcomes on sleep but have not yet evaluated the effect of ambient temperature. This systematic review aims to identify and summarize the literature on ambient temperature and sleep outcomes in a warming world. Methods For this systematic review, we searched online databases (PubMed, Scopus, JSTOR, GreenFILE, GeoRef and PsycARTICLES) together with relevant journals for studies published before February 2023. We included articles reporting associations between objective indicators of ambient temperature and valid sleep outcomes measured in real-life environments. We included studies conducted among adults, adolescents, and children. A narrative synthesis of the literature was then performed. Findings The present systematic review shows that higher outdoor or indoor ambient temperatures, expressed either as daily mean or night-time temperature, are negatively associated with sleep quality and quantity worldwide. The negative effect of higher ambient temperatures on sleep is stronger in the warmest months of the year, among vulnerable populations and in the warmest areas of the world. This result appears consistent across several sleep indicators and measures. Interpretation Although this work identified several methodological limitations of the extant literature, a strong body of evidence from both this systematic review and previous experimental studies converge on the negative impact of elevated temperatures on sleep quality and quantity. In absence of solid evidence on fast adaptation to the effects of heat on sleep, rising temperatures induced by climate change pose a planetary threat to human sleep and therefore human health, performance and wellbeing.

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A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate

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Minor

Vielma

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“…An overview of climate services market in Austria, including those for tourism, is described by (Damm et al, 2020). Articles on more specific climate services for tourism are not numerous, but examples are the paper of (Boqué Ciurana and Aguilar, 2021), introducing a climate service for surf or (Eggeling et al, 2022) on the 'ClimApp' tool providing personalized thermal stress information which may also be relevant for tourism purposes. Apart from the scientific literature documenting climate services for tourism, there are available a number of applications-in the form of websites, dedicated web platforms or on mobile phones -providing CEnv data relevant/usable for touristic purposes.…”

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Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

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The scientific literature comprises a relatively large palette of studies focusing on tourist preferences regarding the weather and climate at the destination. However, the findings do not allow for establishing a hierarchy of climate and environmental features of interest for tourism based on destination type (urban/rural/mountain/seaside), but mainly to list them. We aim to identify some characteristics of a potential climate service targeting tourists by addressing in particular three aspects: 1. which are the weather, climate and/or environmental features most commonly marked as of interest in the general case of 'any destination type' and for the particular case of rural destinations; 2. which are the delivery and presentation forms of greatest interest; 3. how willing would be the tourists to pay for such a service. To this end, we used a questionnaire with five closed questions regarding these aspects, disseminated in Romania and Italy. The results confirm some expectations based on scientific literature and highlight the user interest in information encompassing several climates and/or environmental aspects, preferably in one single product. The results may be valuable for developing and providing effective tourism-oriented climate and environmental products and contribute to a better user uptake of such products and services.

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“…Advances in sensor technology [20] and mobile computing [21] have enabled new capabilities for mobile phones, which are now equipped with a range of sensors and connectivity to meteorological data that can be used for prevention and early heat warning alerts. Intelligent mobile phone applications can be valuable tools in preventing heat-related illnesses by providing weather updates, reminders to stay hydrated, and location-based alerts [22][23][24]. When equipped with technology that is not only widespread but also intelligent and can consider changes in the needs of the user, the quality of preventive care can be greatly improved, supporting the notion that investing in prevention is much cheaper than the cost of treatment per se [25].…”

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Novel Technological Advances to Protect People Who Exercise or Work in Thermally Stressful Conditions: A Transition to More Personalized Guidelines

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Background: Prevention plays a key role in ensuring health and safety and is particularly important in scenarios when life is threatened. Adverse thermal conditions are experienced by billions of people daily, affecting the human capacity for thermoregulation and increasing the risks of life-threatening accidents, diseases, and fatalities. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a new, freely accessible method that will ultimately allow health, as well as exercise and labour organizations, to predict and potentially mitigate the physiological strain experienced by people who exercise or work in thermally stressful environmental conditions. Methods: First, we used concurrent technological advances and thermophysiological modelling to (i) develop a mobile phone application that predicts the physiological heat strain experienced by individuals conducting physical activity in adverse environmental conditions, and (ii) provide them with individualized heat mitigation strategies. Second, to examine the construct validity of the newly developed mobile phone application, core body temperature was recorded using gastrointestinal thermometry in 37 healthy soldiers during different activities. These data were used to examine the predictive capacity of our application in pre-classifying individuals with an increased risk of experiencing elevated physiological heat strain during work based on the guidelines (core body temperature ≥ 38 °C) of the World Health Organization. Results: The core body temperature predictions made by the mobile phone application were positively related (r = 0.57, p < 0.05) with the actual physiological measurements taken by our participants (mean absolute error: 0.28 °C). More importantly, our application correctly predicted 93% of occurrences of elevated physiological heat strain and 90% of those that were not (overall accuracy: 92%). Conclusions: Mobile phone applications integrating thermophysiological models can predict the physiological heat strain experienced by an individual, but it remains to be studied whether the suggested heat mitigation strategies can reduce or prevent adverse impacts.

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The usability of ClimApp: A personalized thermal stress warning tool

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate

A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate

Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

Novel Technological Advances to Protect People Who Exercise or Work in Thermally Stressful Conditions: A Transition to More Personalized Guidelines

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