Investigation of related stress response, environment, and sleep of elderly residents in temporary housing for construction of comprehensive sleep care

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593191
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Chiba Institute of Science (2014-2015); Niigata University (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Kimie 千葉科学大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80274059)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): AOKI Hagiko 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 教授 (40150924) ; FUJIWARA Naoshi 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 教授 (70181419) ; TOMIYAMA Chikako 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 准教授 (80359702) ; IWASA Yuka 新潟大学, 医歯学系, 助教 (90609132)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 災害 / 応急仮設住宅 / 睡眠 / 看護 / 高齢者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined sleep disorders and the relevant factors in the elderly residents in temporary housing after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Physical condition and medical consultation situation are significantly related to sleep. Further, sleep was associated with depression, the quality of sleep, difficulty sleeping, and weight loss. In the living environment, living room, bath, toilet, the inconvenience of shopping affected sleep. Mental and physical disorder or disease, the living environment from the evacuation influenced the deterioration of sleep. To the comprehensive sleep care, there are a need from the early stage, to conduct screening of sleep disorders, the continuation of information gathering, regular outreach to the high-risk person, cooperation intervention by multidisciplinary.

Free Research Field

災害看護