Analysis of the relationship between disaster and maternal health

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26860412
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Epidemiology and preventive medicine
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIKURO Mami 東北大学, 東北メディカル・メガバンク機構, 非常勤講師 (10632242)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会医学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the Great East Japan Earthquake and maternal health, in particular, from the perspective of indicators evaluating maternal cardiology, such as blood pressure and lipid metabolism. Comparing blood pressure of pregnant women measured at home before the disaster occurrence with that after the disaster occurrence, blood pressure increased after the disaster. Pregnant women who lived in the most devastated area after the disaster had higher total cholesterol and lower protein level than those of pregnant women who did not live in the disaster hit area. The prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy about three to five years after the disaster was not significantly higher among pregnant women whose houses were totally or almost totally destroyed than pregnant women whose houses were not destroyed at all.

Free Research Field

分子疫学、母子保健