2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a physical burden assessment system for carers using portable information communication technology

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Project/Area Number	15K08826
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Hygiene and public health
Research Institution	Kansai Medical University
Principal Investigator	MIYAKE Mari 関西医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (50434832)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	西山利正関西医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (10192254) 吉村匡史関西医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (10351553) 下埜敬紀関西医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (40632625) 神田靖士関西医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (70295799)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Keywords	高齢者介護 / 介護労働負担軽減 / 高齢者介護福祉施設
Outline of Final Research Achievements	There have been an increasing abuse and murders in elderly care scenes. One of the causes is considered to be caregivers’emotional strain, and to prevent those unfortunate incidents, health management of caregivers is considered to be important. Wearable biometric sensor using portable ICT can assess caregiver’s health condition by visualize their health status. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the physical and mental burden caused by nursing care using ICT, the Occupational Stress, and the Care Environment. The time highest mental intensity presented on the stress index of biological data recorded with ICT was during the time of night work. There were correlations between the number of night workers and care-receivers, and strong language from care-receivers and inadequacy of the response system. When overtime works increased, so did psychological work load. Additionally, decrease of break time was associated with increase of working environment stress.
Free Research Field	高齢者介護
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	ICTを用いた介護労働の評価システムは介護者の健康管理が可能であった．アンケート調査の結果，夜勤や被介護者数，被介護者からの暴言体制の不備などがストレスとなっていた．残業時間が増えると心理的な仕事の負担量が増加し，食事介助者数が多いと介護者の首や肩などの痛みやだるさと関連し，介護環境の整備が喫緊の課題であることが明らかとなった．ICTを用いた介護労働の評価システムの介入は要介護者の安全を確保すると共に、介護サービスの質の低下を予防する。介護労働のマネージメントを行い,介護は重労働ではなく科学的評価に基づいた労働として安全で意義ある職業としての認識を高めるため社会的意義のある研究となった．