Quantitative evaluation of leg edema in elderly in the Geriatric Health Service Facility and assessment of the nursing care procedure which may reduce leg edema

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20791789
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Osaka Prefecture University
Principal Investigator	KITAMURA Yuka Osaka Prefecture University, 看護学部, 助教 (10438236)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords	看護学 / 高齢者 / 下肢浮腫 / 下肢周径 / 座位 / 臥床休養
Research Abstract	We investigated leg edema in elderly subjects living in the Geriatric Health Service Facility and assessed nursing care procedures which may reduce this edema. Generally, lower extremity circumference temporally increased along with subjective sensations of swelling in the subjects. Then, we attempted to have the subjects occasionally take bed rest during a 4 week period. Three subjects were able to perform this adequately and in the two of them, the leg circumference decreased.