2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Does The difference in bedding affect the quality of sleep?
| Project/Area Number |
23650457
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
KUBO Hiroko 奈良女子大学, 生活環境科学系, 准教授 (90186437)
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| Research Collaborator |
木佐貫 美穂 奈良女子大学, 学生
金澤 麻梨子 奈良女子大学, 学生
川西 美和 奈良女子大学, 学生
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 住生活 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to investigate the effects of the mattress hardness and the repulsion elasticity on nocturnal sleep, we experimented with 4 conditions. Distribution area of body pressure, body posture, sleep quality and physiological responses were mesaured and after sleep. There were significant differents in the number of limb position changes and the body area touching the mattress. Limb positions changed mere frequency in mattress A than in mattress D. The body area touching mattress A was greater than that touching mattress B. The time spent in each body posture during nocturnal sleep, duration spent in each body posture and limb position, maximum body pressure, and sleep quality did not differ significantly among mattresses.
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