2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Epidemiological study of absenteeism among elementary and middle school students: Research into an early detection and management system
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16K01760
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Shimane University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
井上 顕 高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系臨床医学部門, 教授 (40469036)
梶谷 光弘 島根大学, 医学部, 特任教授 (60774552)
竹下 治男 島根大学, 学術研究院医学・看護学系, 教授 (90292599)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 学校保健 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Elementary and middle school students of the Izumo First Junior High School district answered a questionnaire on their life, underwent serum cortisol measurements, and were surveyed regarding long-term absenteeism. The results of the questionnaire on life during the 10 years from the 2008 to 2017 academic years were sorted into a first period (2008-2012) and a second period (2013-2017). The percentage of middle school students who woke up by 6:30 in the morning increased in the second period compared with the first period. An examination of the association between serum cortisol and lifestyle showed serum cortisol levels were associated with a disciplined lifestyle in middle school students. Analysis of long-term absenteeism in sixth-year elementary school students and middle school students revealed an increase in the percentage of long-term absentees after moving up a grade, from the sixth year of elementary school to the first year of middle school.
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| Free Research Field |
公衆衛生学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、島根県出雲市立第一中学校区の小・中学生を対象とし、家庭環境因子、学校環境因子、社会環境因子、宿主因子と生体内ストレス指標及び長期欠席との関連を横断研究、縦断研究により解明した。本研究調査・解析について、疫学・社会医学の専門家はもとより、看護学、精神医学、教育学の専門家による連携を組み実施した。長期欠席者の実態の把握とともに、長期欠席に関連する要因を多角的に検討した上で明確にした。その結果に基づいて長期欠席者の早期発見と管理体制を示唆し、社会還元することにより、わが国における小・ 中学生の長期欠席者減少に向けた有効な対策の確立を目的とした。
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