Analysis of the relationship between disaster and maternal health

• Project/Area Number: 26860412
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Epidemiology and preventive medicine
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIKURO Mami 東北大学, 東北メディカル・メガバンク機構, 非常勤講師 (10632242)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 社会医学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Great East Japan Earthquake and maternal health, in particular, from the perspective of indicators evaluating maternal cardiology, such as blood pressure and lipid metabolism. Comparing blood pressure of pregnant women measured at home before the disaster occurrence with that after the disaster occurrence, blood pressure increased after the disaster. Pregnant women who lived in the most devastated area after the disaster had higher total cholesterol and lower protein level than those of pregnant women who did not live in the disaster hit area. The prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy about three to five years after the disaster was not significantly higher among pregnant women whose houses were totally or almost totally destroyed than pregnant women whose houses were not destroyed at all.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Blood Pressure Measurement at Home Among Japanese Nurses. (2016)
  • Author(s): Ishikuro M, Ubeda SR, Obara T, Watanabe I, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Kuriyama S, Maruyama R, Ohkubo T, Imai Y.
  • Journal Title: Home Healthc Now. Volume: 34 Pages: 210-217
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Public Attitudes toward an Epidemiological Study with Genomic Analysis in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Area. (2016)
  • Author(s): Ishikuro M, Nakaya N, Obara T, Sato Y, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Nagami F, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A; ToMMo Study Group.
  • Journal Title: Prehosp Disaster Med. Volume: 31 Pages: 330-334
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Maternal clinic and home blood pressure measurements during pregnancy and infant birth weight: the BOSHI study. (2016)
  • Author(s): Iwama N, Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Kikuya M, Yagihashi K, Nishigori H, Sugiyama T, Sugawara J, Yaegashi N, Hoshi K, Suzuki M, Kuriyama S, Imai Y; BOSHI Study Group.
  • Journal Title: Hypertens Res. Volume: 39 Pages: 151-157
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Psychological distress during pregnancy in Miyagi after the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Japan Environment and Children's Study. (2016)
  • Author(s): Watanabe Z, Iwama N, Nishigori H, Nishigori T, Mizuno S, Sakurai K, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Tatsuta N, Nishijima I, Fujiwara I, Nakai K, Arima T, Takeda T, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Metoki H, Yaegashi N; Japan Environment & Children's Study Group.
  • Journal Title: J Affect Disord. Volume: 190 Pages: 341-348
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Parity as a Factor Affecting the White-Coat Effect in Pregnant Women: the BOSHI Study. (2015)
  • Author(s): Ishikuro M, Obara T, Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Iwama N, Katagiri M, Nishigori H, Narikawa Y, Yagihashi K, Kikuya M, Yaegashi N, Hoshi K, Suzuki M, Kuriyama S, Imai Y.
  • Journal Title: Hypertens Res Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Differences between clinic and home blood pressure measurements during pregnancy. (2015)
  • Author(s): Ishikuro M, Obara T, Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S, Imai Y.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Hypertension Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 被災の状況と母子の健康状態との関連：三世代コホート調査中間報告 (2017)
  • Author(s): 石黒 真美
  • Organizer: 第２回東北メディカル・メガバンク計画合同研究会
• [Presentation] 出産歴と妊婦の白衣効果との関連：BOSHI研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 石黒真美、小原拓、目時弘仁、大久保孝義、岩間憲之、八木橋香津代、菊谷昌浩、八重樫伸生、星和彦、鈴木雅洲、栗山進一、今井潤
  • Organizer: 第27回血圧管理研究会
  • Place of Presentation: メルパルク京都（京都府京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-28
• [Presentation] Disaster experience and disease presence among Japanese children. (2015)
  • Author(s): Mami Ishikuro, Hiroko Matsubara, Masahiro Kikuya, Taku Obara, Yuki Sato, Hirohito Metoki, Tsuyoshi Isojima, Susumu Yokoya, Noriko Kato Toshiaki Tanaka, Shoichi Chida, Atsushi Ono, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Zentaro Yamagata, Soichiro Tanaka, Shigeo Kure, Shinichi Kuriyama.
  • Organizer: 第25回日本疫学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: ウインクあいち（愛知県名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-21 – 2015-01-23
• [Presentation] Progress Report of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Three-Generation Cohort Study. (2015)
  • Author(s): Hirohito Metoki, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Yuki Sato, Masahiro Kikuya, Shinichi Kuriyama. Atsushi Hozawa, Noriko Osumi, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Junichi Sugawara, Yoichi Suzuki, Teiji Tominaga, Nobuo Fuse, Naoko Minegishi, Ichiro Tsuji, Shigeo Kure, Nobuo Yaegashi, Masayuki Yamamoto.
  • Organizer: 第25回日本疫学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: ウインクあいち（愛知県名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-21 – 2015-01-23
• [Presentation] Progress report of Long-term Community Child Health Study from Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization. (2015)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kikuya, Mami Ishikuro, Masako Miyashita, Chizuru Yamanaka, Taku Obara, Yuki Sato, Hirohito Metoki, Naoki Nakaya, Fuji Nagami, Hiroaki Tomita, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Junichi Sugawara, Atsushi Hozawa, Nobuo Fuse, Yoichi Suzuki, Ichiro Tsuji, Shigeo Kure, Nobuo Yaegashi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Shinichi Kuriyama.
  • Organizer: 第25回日本疫学会学術総会
  • Place of Presentation: ウインクあいち（愛知県名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-21 – 2015-01-23
• [Presentation] Blood pressure and heart rate among pregnant women before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2011) in the BOSHI study. (2014)
  • Author(s): Metoki H, Iwama N, Watanabe Z, Ohkubo T, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Kikuya M, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Itoh K, Hoshi K, Suzuki M, Satoh M, Yaegashi N, Imai Y.
  • Organizer: the XIXth World Congress for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
  • Place of Presentation: 米国、ニューオーリンズ
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-26 – 2014-10-29
• [Presentation] 東北メディカル・メガバンク事業 三世代コホート調査の進捗について. (2014)
  • Author(s): 目時弘仁, 石黒真美, 小原拓, 佐藤ゆき, 菊谷昌浩, 栗山進一, 寳澤篤, 大隅典子, 清元秀泰, 菅原準一, 鈴木洋一, 冨永悌二, 布施昇男, 峯岸直子, 辻一郎, 呉繁夫,八重樫伸生, 山本雅之.
  • Organizer: 第3回日本DOHaD研究会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立成育医療研究センター（東京都世田谷区）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-25 – 2014-07-26