Development of a Nursing Program to Reduce Care Working Burdens

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23590628
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Kansai Medical University
• Principal Investigator: MIYAKE mari 関西医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (50434832)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHIYAMA Toshimasa 関西医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (10192254) ; YOSHIMURA Masafumi 関西医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (10351553) ; TAJIKA Aran 関西医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (80368240)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者介護 / 介護労働負担軽減 / 高齢者介護福祉施設 / 豪日比較調査 / 腰痛 / リフト / 作業関連筋骨格系障害 / 施設監査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The researchers conducted comparative research of care workers in Australia and Japan concerning programs to reduce care working burdens at nursing homes, particularly in the areas of automated lifting, bed height adjustment and the handling of sliding seats. On the Japanese side, there are few automated lifts and height adjustable beds in nursing homes, and this situation has caused a high rate of musculoskeletal and lower-back pain among care staff. Adjusting bed heights higher than care workers’ waists and introducing sliding seats led to a reduction of burden on the deltoids, biceps brachii muscles and the back side spine muscles, which have been confirmed through electromyograms. Therefore, it has become clear that this program is effective in reducing the physical burden on care workers.

Free Research Field

高齢者介護