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Factors contributing to fatigue among elderly farmers and the significance of providing improved diet as social support

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16500535
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Eating habits, studies on eating habits
Research InstitutionUbe Frontier College

Principal Investigator

SHIRONO Setsuko  Ube Frontier College, Department of Food and Nutrition, Professor, 食物栄養学科, 教授 (80154384)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ARAMAKI Teruyo  Ube Frontier College, Department of Food and Nutrition, Professor, 食物栄養学科, 教授 (40141692)
WAKUI Tadaaki  Ube Frontier College, Department of Wellness and Welfare, Professor, 生活福祉学科, 教授 (40220850)
HARADA Noriaki  Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Department of Hygiene, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (70116747)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Keywordsfatigue / agricultural workers / elderly / fatigue questionnaire / lifestyle / dietary life / 血糖値 / 乳酸値
Research Abstract

In Japan's rapidly aging society, farmers are aging, resulting in an increased proportion of female farmers. In the present study, measures for improving the health of elderly farmers, including measures for reducing fatigue, with a focus on the significance of providing improved diet as social support were identified through comprehensive analysis of lifestyle-related factors. Specifically, the relationship between disease and lifestyle habits such as diet, dietary habits and health problems in the elderly, and a survey of working stress associated with agricultural work, which is considered to cause physical fatigue were investigated.
A questionnaire survey examining fatigue was conducted on citrus fruit farmers in Yamaguchi Prefecture together with a general health examination. A laboratory model was developed, which allowed the synthetic evaluation of working stress, health status, and the effects of eating habits on fatigue. Subsequently, laboratory model based on citric culture at … More mountain area was designed by adopting healthy young subjects. Based on the subjective symptoms of fatigue during farm work, which were identified using measurements of heart rate, blood glucose level, and lactic acid level, it was suggested that eating habits had an effect on fatigue. Based on this finding, it was considered necessary to conduct further research on working stress, health status, and the effects of long-term eating habits on fatigue. As a preliminary survey, a fatigue questionnaire and a nutrition survey based on the brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ) were conducted on elderly female farmers, and the effects of eating habits were investigated.
Focusing on problems regarding nutritional status and dietary habits as well as problems of diet on health status and fatigue, further research conducted on a greater number of subjects over a greater geographical area is needed to investigate measures for improving potential health problems that occur in the lives of the elderly. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(17 results)

All 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (17 results)

  • [Journal Article] 重量物運搬農作業における食事の影響と疲労2006

    • Author(s)
      城野世津子, 荒巻輝代, 涌井忠昭, 原田規章
    • Journal Title

      人間生活科学研究 第42巻・1

      Pages: 67-74

    • NAID

      40015349482

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Fatigue among female agricultural workers associated with their life style2006

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The 16th International Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health (Proceedings)

      Pages: 208-208

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Fatigue among female agricultural workers associated with their life style2006

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Life Sciences 42・1

      Pages: 67-74

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Fatigue among female agricultural workers associated with their life style2006

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The 16th International Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health, Proceedings

      Pages: 208-208

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Fatigue among female agricultural workers associated with their life style2006

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The 16th International Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health Proceedings

      Pages: 208-208

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 学生の体位および生活習慣の年次推移2006

    • Author(s)
      荒巻輝代, 若本ゆかり, 城野世津子, 後藤政幸
    • Journal Title

      第65回日本公衆衛生学会抄録集

      Pages: 334-334

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Study on the Subjective Attitude to the Contraception of Japanese Women2006

    • Author(s)
      Hazuki Yamauchi, Yukio Hattori, Setsuko Shirono, Ginko Iwata
    • Journal Title

      International Medical Journal Vol.13・1

      Pages: 9-14

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 重量物運搬農作業における食事の影響と疲労2006

    • Author(s)
      城野世津子, 荒巻輝代, 涌井忠昭, 原田規章
    • Journal Title

      人間生活科学研究 第42巻

      Pages: 67-74

    • NAID

      40015349482

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 心拍数からみた日常生活の動作強度2005

    • Author(s)
      荒巻輝代, 城野世津子, 後藤政幸, 若本ゆかり
    • Journal Title

      第64回日本公衆衛生学会抄録集

      Pages: 356-356

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Dietary Condition on Fatigue due to Heavy Weight Carrying2005

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The 10^<th> Asian Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health (Proceedings)

      Pages: 105-105

    • NAID

      40015349482

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Estimation of Activity Factors by Heart Rate2005

    • Author(s)
      Teruyo ARAMAKI, Setsuko SHIRONO, Masayuki GOTO, Yukari WAKAMOTO
    • Journal Title

      The 64^<th> Congress of Japanese Journal of Public Health

      Pages: 356-356

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Dietary Condition on Fatigue due to Heavy Weight Carrying2005

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The 10^<th> Asian Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health, Proceedings

      Pages: 105-105

    • NAID

      40015349482

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] EFFECT OF DIETARY CONDITION ON FATIGUE DUE TO HEAVY WEIGHT CARRYING2005

    • Author(s)
      Setsuko SHIRONO, Teruyo ARAMAKI, Tadaaki WAKUI, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      The10^<th> Asian Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health Proceedings

      Pages: 105-105

    • NAID

      40015349482

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Occupational exposure limit for hand-arm vibration of the Japan Society for Occupational Health2004

    • Author(s)
      Noriaki HARADA, S.Takahashi, Setsuko SHIRONO, T.Fujimura, H.Morita, J.Inagaki
    • Journal Title

      Proc 9th Int Con on Hand-arm Vibration Proceedings

      Pages: 90-96

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Effects of cold-stress test using different covering methods on heart rate variability in healthy subjects2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Inoue, K.Suizu, M.Yoshimura, Setsuko SHIRONO, H.Morita, H.Kan, S.Yamamoto, Noriaki HAHRADA
    • Journal Title

      Proc 10th Int Con on Hand-arm Vibration Proceedings

      Pages: 115-116

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Effectiveness of Group Education for Diabetes Prevention Measured by Change in Hemoglobin A1c2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Fujimura, M.Nakamoto, Setsuko SHIRONO, H.Morita, K.Suizu, Y.Nishimura, Noriaki HARADA
    • Journal Title

      International Medical Journal Vol.11, No.2

      Pages: 111-114

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 三大学の女子学生の生活環境と生活習慣2004

    • Author(s)
      荒巻輝代, 小林春男, 後藤政幸, 城野世津子, 若本ゆかり
    • Journal Title

      日本公衆衛生学雑誌 51巻・10号

      Pages: 260-260

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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