Social Determinants of Health and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abstract

Objective: to determine whether socio-environmental factors produce outcomes for human viral respiratory illness. Method: Systematic Review carried out from July to November 2020. The search for studies took place in the Virtual Health Library, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, SAGE Journals. The software R 4.0.1 was used for statistical analysis and IRaMuTeQ for lexical analysis of the abstracts. 2721 articles were found. After reading the titles and abstracts, 208 studies were selected and after reading in full, 43 publications were chosen. After reverse search, 14 articles were included, making the sample 57 studies. Results: there were more publications in 2020, predominantly in the United States of America. Quantitative, cross-sectional studies with Regression Models lead the publications. Influenza and Covid were the most prevalent diseases. Regarding lexical analysis, three classes emerged: human behavior and transmission of viral etiological agents; social impacts of viral respiratory illness and environmental impacts of viral respiratory illness. There was a significant outcome between environmental factors and respiratory illness of viral etiology (91.67%) and between social factors and human viral respiratory illness (97.44%). Conclusion: Socio-environmental factors produce significant outcomes for human viral respiratory illness.