Disturbance and avoidance of specific consequences of climate change in patients classified according to underlying lung disease, allergy and allergic rhinitis.

<p>Left: Degree of disturbance. Rating: 1- not disturbing, 2- rather disturbing, 3- disturbing, 4 absolutely disturbing. Right: Avoidance. Rating: 1- not avoid, 2- avoid. The item extreme weather events include thunderstorms, gale storms and heavy rain, but not heat days. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 significant differences between categories (Asthma vs COPD^#, Allergie vs No Allergy, Allergic rhinitis vs No allergic rhinitis) by Kruskal-Wallis-Test. ^# COPD group includes patients who stated COPD or COPD+Asthma as diagnoses.</p

Characteristics of patients and tourists.

<p>Characteristics of patients and tourists.</p

Correlation of parameters with patients’ perception of being affected by climate change at present and in the future.

<p>Correlation of parameters with patients’ perception of being affected by climate change at present and in the future.</p

Disturbance and avoidance of specific consequences of climate change in patients and tourists.

<p>Left: Degree of disturbance. Rating: 1- not disturbing, 2- rather disturbing, 3- disturbing, 4 absolutely disturbing. Right: Avoidance. Rating: 1- not avoid, 2- avoid. The item extreme weather events include thunderstorms, gale storms and heavy rain, but not heat days. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 significant differences between patients and tourists by Kruskal-Wallis-Test.</p

General perception of being affected by climate change in patients with lung disease and tourists without lung disease at present and in the future.

<p>Both groups anticipated to be significantly more affected in the future than at present (Fisher’s Exact test, p<0.001). In the future tourists feel more affected than patients (Fisher’s Exact test, p<0.001).</p