Effects of a group alcohol intervention for evacuees after the Great East Japan Earthquake

• Project/Area Number: 15K17297
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Fukushima Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Yuka 福島県立医科大学, 放射線医学県民健康管理センター, 助手 (00722480)
• Research Collaborator: MAEDA Masaharu ; OHIRA Tetsuya ; OHKAWA Takako ; NAKAJIMA Satomi ; MOMOI Maho ; GOTO Saori ; ITO Akiko ; YUZURIHA Takefumi ; MUTO Takeo ; MIYAGAWA Akemi ; SHIBUYA Kaori ; HONDA Tadakatsu
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 避難住民 / 問題飲酒 / 節酒プログラム / AUDIT / PHQ-9

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This report presents two studies. The first study aims to develop a questionnaire to identify changes in alcohol consumption factors among the evacuees after the Great East Japan Earthquake. As the result of the questionnaire among 240 evacuees, risk factors leading to negative changes in drinking behaviors were correlated with the disaster experience. In the second study, we developed a group alcohol intervention program based on the Hizen Alcoholism Prevention Program by Yuzuriha (n=53). This group intervention program might be effective for reducing alcohol consumption and preventing depression among evacuees exhibiting alcohol abuse.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Drinking Behavior and Mental Illness Among Evacuees in Fukushima Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Fukushima Health Management Survey (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuka Ueda, M.A.; Hirooki Yabe, M.D, Ph.D.; Masaharu Maeda, M.D, Ph.D; Tetsuya Ohira, M.D, Ph.D.; Senta Fujii, M.D, Ph.D.; Shin-ichi Niwa, M.D, Ph.D.; Akira Ohtsuru, M.D, Ph.D.; Hirobumi Mashiko, M.D, Ph.D.; Mayumi Harigane, Ph.D.; Seiji Yasumura, M.D, Ph.D.
  • Journal Title: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Volume: 40(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 623-630
  • DOI: 10.1111/acer.12984
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 東日本大震災後の飲酒行動の変化と精神健康の影響 (2016)
  • Author(s): 上田由桂・前田正治・矢部博興・大平哲也・丹羽真一・大津留晶・増子博文・針金まゆみ・安村誠司.
  • Organizer: 第38回日本アルコール関連問題学会秋田大会
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田県