- 著者
- Toyoaki Sawano Masaharu Tsubokura Claire Leppold Akihiko Ozaki Sho Fujioka Tsuyoshi Nemoto Shigeaki Kato Tomoyoshi Oikawa Yukio Kanazawa
- 出版者
- (公社)日本産業衛生学会
- 雑誌
- Journal of Occupational Health (ISSN:13419145)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.58, no.3, pp.320-322, 2016-05-20 (Released:2016-06-16)
- 参考文献数
- 20
- 被引用文献数
- 12
Objectives: Patients with underlying conditions are at a higher risk of developing sepsis, a systematic response to infection, which has a high mortality rate. After the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, there has been an influx of migrant decontamination workers; however, little is known about their health status.Case: A Japanese 55-year-old male decontamination worker, who had several underlying diseases, was transferred to our hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest. He had a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension and a past history of tuberculosis. Control of underlying conditions was poor, with HbA1c of 13.8% at presentation. He was diagnosed with pneumonia-induced bacteremia and sepsis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Although spontaneous circulation returned in emergency room, he died a day after admission.Conclusion: The poor control of underlying diseases seen in this patient could have been influenced by his recent job transfer and engagement in decontamination work and additionally related to his socioeconomic status (SES). This case highlights the need for further research to elucidate the underlying diseases, working conditions, and SES of this population.
- 著者
- Toyoaki Sawano Masaharu Tsubokura Claire Leppold Akihiko Ozaki Sho Fujioka Tsuyoshi Nemoto Shigeaki Kato Tomoyoshi Oikawa Yukio Kanazawa
- 出版者
- (公社)日本産業衛生学会
- 雑誌
- Journal of Occupational Health (ISSN:13419145)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.15-0292-CS, (Released:2016-04-22)
- 被引用文献数
- 12
Objectives: Patients with underlying conditions are at a higher risk of developing sepsis, a systematic response to infection, which has a high mortality rate. After the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, there has been an influx of migrant decontamination workers; however, little is known about their health status. Case: A Japanese 55-year-old male decontamination worker, who had several underlying diseases, was transferred to our hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest. He had a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension and a past history of tuberculosis. Control of underlying conditions was poor, with HbA1c of 13.8% at presentation. He was diagnosed with pneumonia-induced bacteremia and sepsis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Although spontaneous circulation returned in emergency room, he died a day after admission. Conclusion: The poor control of underlying diseases seen in this patient could have been influenced by his recent job transfer and engagement in decontamination work and additionally related to his socioeconomic status (SES). This case highlights the need for further research to elucidate the underlying diseases, working conditions, and SES of this population.
- 著者
- Yuta Saito Sora Sato Yoshitaka Nishikawa Fumiya Oguro Nobuaki Moriyama Keiichiro Sato Yurie Kobashi Toyoaki Sawano Akihiko Ozaki Takeo Nakayama Masaharu Tsubokura Seiji Yasumura Shohei Sakai
- 出版者
- THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
- 雑誌
- FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (ISSN:00162590)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2023-01, (Released:2023-11-11)
- 参考文献数
- 31
BackgroundLittle information is available on the role of community-based rehabilitation after a nuclear disaster. Here, we report the case of an older couple living in an area repopulated after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 who received outpatient rehabilitation.Case presentationAn 84-year-old woman underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) after she fell and sustained a trochanteric fracture while caring for her husband with Alzheimer's disease. The 85-year-old husband experienced worsening behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) following his wife's hospitalization. The couple received rehabilitation at an outpatient facility in a nearby village using a shuttle service. The woman’s postoperative anxiety was relieved and her physical function improved. Moreover, the husband's BPSD symptoms decreased.ConclusionA wife and husband showed improvement in physical function after THA and alleviation of BPSD, respectively, following rehabilitation. In post-disaster, resource-scarce areas, older adults may benefit from utilizing the outpatient rehabilitation services available in the surrounding area.
- 著者
- Yuta Saito Keiichiro Sato Tatsuya Itagaki Fumiya Omata Toyoaki Sawano Yurie Kobashi Yoshitaka Nishikawa Masaharu Tsubokura Wataru Hoshi
- 出版者
- THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
- 雑誌
- FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE (ISSN:00162590)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.2021-30, (Released:2022-05-19)
- 参考文献数
- 17
- 被引用文献数
- 2
Following the evacuation of areas affected by Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, Kawauchi Village was one of the first municipalities repopulated. Although rehabilitation resources were limited, a healthcare facility near the municipality initiated home-visit rehabilitation in 2016. To the best of our knowledge, reports of home-visit rehabilitation in repopulated villages that were evacuated following a nuclear accident are lacking.This article describes a case study of home-visit rehabilitation in Kawauchi Village. The purpose of this study was to explore how users of home-visit rehabilitation services in Kawauchi Village perceive home-visit rehabilitation, and whether it had a positive impact on their daily life. A questionnaire survey was conducted, and their ability to perform activities of daily living was assessed, to understand the living conditions of the visiting-rehabilitation service users.We studied 10 rehabilitation-service users, with a mean age of 86.8 years, who had used the services for an average of 591.4 days. Themes that emerged from the open-ended questionnaire were “established exercise habits and improved physical functions,” “the joy of returning to the village,” “challenges in the mountainous areas” and “changes in relationships due to the earthquake or evacuation.”In conclusion, home-visit rehabilitation was successfully implemented in the repopulated village, and helped maintain the users’ physical functions. This may thus be a viable choice for rehabilitation care in repopulated areas after disasters.