2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cohort study to investigat health conditions of the tsunami survivors during the move from temporary apartments to revival housing
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17K09318
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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 |
General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
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| Research Institution | Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 災害 / 地震 / 高齢者 / 認知症 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we conducted a prospective cohort of elderly people in the coastal area of Miyagi prefecture to study how their health status, cognitive function, and activities of daily living change in the process of moving from temporary housing to disaster recovery housing. Establishing disease prevention and care prevention programs in response to possible disasters. In the disaster-stricken area, we conducted a prospective survey of questionnaire surveys, simple cognitive function surveys, and physical fitness measurements, and investigated how daily living activities, cognitive functions, and physical fitness of elderly people change due to moving from temporary housing to disaster recovery housing. . Through this study, we developed a management program for the elderly to prevent deterioration of health, activities of daily living, and cognitive decline due to changes in the living environment at the time of the next disaster.
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| Free Research Field |
老年医学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
東日本大震災後、それまでの住居を失った被災者は、応急仮設住宅での生活を余儀なくされ、そこでの生活は震災以前の住居での生活に比し、身体的にも、精神的にも困難を伴うものであり、体調を崩す被災者（特に高齢者）が多く認められた。現在は、応急仮設住宅から災害復興住宅への転出が進行している。本研究の目的は、宮城県沿岸部の住民を対象に、仮設住宅から災害復興住宅への転居が健康状態、日常生活動作、認知機能、体力に及ぼす影響を前向きコホートとして研究し、今後起こりうる災害に対するより良い対応のための疾病予防ならびに介護予防プログラムを策定し、今後起こりうる災害への備えとする。
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