2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Fatigue in professional caregivers at the public long-term care facilities for the elderly.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21530543
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Okayama Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	HARANO Kaori 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 助教 (00390253)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TANIGUCHI Toshiyo 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 教授 (10310830) KOBAYASHI Haruo 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学部, 教授 (00127763)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	FUJII Yasuhito 岡山県立大学, 保健福祉学部, 准教授 (40243456)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	介護労働者 / 疲労 / 睡眠 / アクティグラフ
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess both subjective and objective fatigue in professional caregivers. Subjective and objective fatigue were assessed using a questionnaire survey and actigram, respectively. As a result, the caregivers were tired during a night duty in particular. We suggest to take :(1) night duty 4-5 times in a month at most,(2) nap during a night duty,(3) sufficient sleep before night duty,(4) sufficient sleep after night duty in order to prevent the accumulation of fatigue in professional caregivers.

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