2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Characteristics of people who are screened to be positive but do not consult a physician for clinical follow-up: epidemiologic and qualitative research

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24659320
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Public health/Health science
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	NAKAYAMA Takeo 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70217933)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	MIYAZAKI Kikuko 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科, 助教 (70464229)
Research Collaborator	TAKAHASHI Yoshimitsu 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科, 講師 (40450598) KURIYAMA Akira 倉敷中央病院, 総合診療科, 副医長
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	健康管理
Research Abstract	According to the analysis of the database linking health evaluations and healthcare claims (receipt), we found that only approximately 30% of screened diabetics or hypertensives consulted clinicians for clinical follow-up. Predictors for failure to follow were younger age and modestly higher values (HBA1c, blood pressure) than the cut-off (Tsujimura, Diabetes Res Clin Pract [in press] ). In addition, interview surveys were conducted on 11 people who moved from the Tohoku district after the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011). We found that they were not assured for their opportunities to participate in the health evaluation if they did not move their residential registry from the original places to the places where they had moved to (submitted).