Research to prevent the onset of hypertension through multidisciplinary collaboration

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K11023
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Goto Kenichi 九州大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (30549887)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 高血圧 / 高中性脂肪血症 / 睡眠関連呼吸障害 / 多職種連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Occupational health physicians and occupational health nurses worked together to create and integrate databases of periodic health examinations, health screenings for sleep apnea, and cardiac health examinations, and to identify new factors involved in the development of hypertension. The study identified high levels of causal serum triglycerides levels and the presence of sleep-disordered breathing in non-obese individuals as risk factors for the development of hypertension, and these research results were published in an international journal in the field of hypertension. In addition, the research findings from this study were incorporated into crew health management through counseling and health lectures. Multidisciplinary cooperation between occupational health nurses and occupational health physicians has also been promoted, and a system for acquiring multidisciplinary cooperation skills is being established.

Free Research Field

高血圧

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

わが国においては高血圧患者の血圧管理はいまだ不十分であり、今後高血圧を発症させないための予防的方策も重要な課題である。高血圧発症に関与する因子を明らかにし、適切な指導を行うことで高血圧発症予防につなげることが可能となる。しかし、そのような予防的方策を医師のみで実践するのは難しく、保健師、看護師、薬剤師や管理栄養士などの専門職との緊密な協力・連携が不可欠である。本研究の遂行を通して多職種による高血圧管理スキームの確立、多職種連携コンピテンシーの醸成を目指した。今後、さまざまな医療現場において多職種連携による高血圧管理を推進することで、わが国の高血圧患者の血圧管理の向上が期待できる。