Study on relation between lifestyle and stress of care workers

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24500827
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUURA Yoshimasa 大阪府立大学, 地域連携研究機構, 准教授 (60173796)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DEMURA Shinichi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 教授 (20155486) ; TANAKA Yoshiharu 大阪府立大学, 高等教育推進機構, 准教授 (60236651) ; TAKANE Masahiro 大阪府立大学, 高等教育推進機構, 准教授 (90285312) ; NAGASAWA Yoshinori 京都薬科大学, 薬学部, 准教授 (40299780)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 介護労働者 / ストレス / 生活習慣 / 唾液 / 生理的ストレス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine the stress related to lifestyle of care workers by the questionnaire and the physiological assay. Lifestyle-related stress was assessed by using a uniquely-developed questionnaire. Physiological stress was assessed by examining the ratio of s-IgA/total protein and the α-amylase activity. Care workers were found to have high stress in their daily life even at off-work. However, the degree of physiological stresses did not show remarkable difference between care workers and general workers, therefore the physiological stress was not judged to be caused by the difference of working conditions. As the result, care workers were clarified to have higher psychological stress than physiological stress. It will be necessary in future to suggest the stress-relieving method appropriate for care workers by examining the stress coping of them.

Free Research Field

健康福祉学