2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Relationship Between Differences in Skin Blood Flow Fluctuations and Awareness of Warm and Cold Feeling in People with Cold Sensitivity
Project/Area Number |
19K24171
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
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Research Institution | Mie Prefectural College of Nursing |
Principal Investigator |
Hirao Yuichiro 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40846961)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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Keywords | 冷え症 / 皮膚温 / 皮膚血流量 / 主観的温冷感 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we collected data on the body temperature, skin blood flow, and subjective feeling of coldness of people who were sensitive to cold, and examined the causes of coldness from these data. As a result, the blood flow rate of the hands and feet of people who are sensitive to cold decreased and the skin temperature decreased. The subjective feeling of warmth and coldness was that the hands and feet felt cold as the room temperature dropped. According to the above, when the body is subjected to cold stimulation, blood vessels in the skin of the hands and feet are contracted and the flow of skin blood is estimated to be decreasing. It is thought that this lowered the skin temperature of the hands and feet, leading to coldness in the area.
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Free Research Field |
地域看護学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
冷え症は手や足に強い冷えを感じる、女性に多い不定愁訴の1つである。女性の約半数は、冷え症であるとの報告がある一方、その原因やメカニズムは不明な点が多い。本研究では、冷え症の要因として、皮膚血流量の減少による皮膚温低下や、個人の主観的温冷感が考えられた。これらの結果は、冷え症に悩んでいる方に対するケアの開発や、冷え症のセルフチェック指標などに貢献でき、学術的・社会的意義は大きいと考えられる。
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