Elucidation of the actual conditions of bathing accidents and development of a system for bathing safety and risk management

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24390492
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: HIGO SUMIKO 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90320770)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HUKAI KIYOKO 岡山大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 教授 (70104809) ; MMURAKI KATUZI 岡山県立大学, デザイン学部, 教授 (30254600) ; OZAWA YOSIKO 日本保健医療大学, 保健医療学部看護学科, 教授 (60320769) ; MANABE TOMOKO 了徳大学, 健康科学部看護学科, 教授 (40573598)
• Research Collaborator: SATOU MASAKI 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 看護学部, 助教 (30570163) ; KITAZIMA KANNZI 茨城県立医療大学付属病院, 看護部, 看護師 (90618323)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 入浴事故 / 高齢者 / 失神 / 意識障害 / 脳血流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bathing accidents are common among the late elderly, and their causes are unclear. However, we herein investigated bathing accidents, including cases in which the individual survived, and found that the most common cause of accidents was “impaired consciousness and fainting” during bathing, and that accidents most frequently occurred in the bathtub, followed in order by the body-washing area and the changing room.
Subsequently, an experiment was conducted on the causes of “impaired consciousness and fainting” during bathing in relation to the dizziness that occurs as a result of standing up after warming oneself in the bathtub. The results showed that when subjects maintained a standing position after 5 min of bathing, cerebral blood flow (oxy-hemoglobin) and systolic blood pressure significantly decreased, and pulse increased.

Free Research Field

看護学