2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The optimized model for nursing care clothing based on a holistic design concept and its quantitative evaluation
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22300249
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | Otsuma Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HOSOYA Satoshi 信州大学, 繊維学部, 准教授 (40293500)
KAJIWARA Kanji 信州大学, 繊維学部, 特任教授 (10133133)
SHIRAI Hirofusa 佐久大学信州短期大学部, 介護福祉学科, 教授 (80021153)
YAHATA Akemi 佐久大学信州短期大学部, 介護福祉学科, 教授 (80369313)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MORIKAWA Hideaki 信州大学, 繊維学部, 教授 (10230103)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 介護服 / 高齢者衣服 / 消臭抗菌抗アレルギー繊維 / 皮膚疾患 / 拘縮 / 衣服の着脱 |
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| Research Abstract |
Many bedridden elderlies are suffered from the contracture of finger and skin disease, and generate unpleasant odor because they are forced to spend all day in bed. The burden of most caregivers is due to a heavy physical work of putting on and off the clothes of bedridden elderlies. In this study, a nursing care good made of deodorant/anti-bacterial fiber was developed to reduce unpleasant odor and ease the contracture of finger of bedridden elderlies by designing according to the degree of contracture. The clinical test confirmed that unpleasant odor was considerably reduced and skin disease was improved. As a next step of a holistic design, we developed a nursing care cloth with an improved design of the opening by evaluating the degree of care burden quantitatively in terms of the muscle activity both at hip and arm. The improved design for the opening of a nursing care cloth was proved to relieve the muscle activity and reduce care burden.
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