- 著者
- Masaharu TSUBOKURA Yuko NABESHIMA Michio MURAKAMI Tsuyoshi NEMOTO Toshiyuki KAMBE Saori NONAKA Yuki SHIMADA Yurie KOBASHI Akihiko OZAKI Tomoyoshi OIKAWA
- 出版者
- The Japan Academy
- 雑誌
- Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B (ISSN:03862208)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.96, no.2, pp.70-78, 2020-02-10 (Released:2020-02-10)
- 参考文献数
- 31
- 被引用文献数
- 13
Responding to the radiation-related concerns of parents/guardians with infants/small children is an important public health issue for regional recovery after radioactive contamination. This study summarizes the results of a systematic internal contamination screening of infants/small children, aged 0–6 years, using BABYSCAN and individual counselling sessions with physicians about radiation concerns from 2014 to 2018 in Minamisoma City. Of 3,114 participants, no one was found to have internal contamination with radioactive caesium with a detection limit of 50 Bq/body. The questionnaire survey showed a decreasing trend of concerns about food contamination and playing outside as possible causes of internal contamination over time. Because people’s concerns were diverse in counselling sessions, individual responses are required. This study showed that examinations using BABYSCAN provide an opportunity for direct dialogue between the parents/guardians of infants/small children and experts. This can be considered a model case for risk communication conducted by the local government after a radioactive contamination incident.
- 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
- Yurie Kobashi Hong Chhay Thyryfong Savat Manabu Okawada Masaharu Tsubokura Yushifumi Hayashi
- 出版者
- THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE
- 雑誌
- Journal of Rural Medicine (ISSN:1880487X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.15, no.4, pp.212-216, 2020 (Released:2020-10-01)
- 参考文献数
- 10
- 被引用文献数
- 3 4
Objective: Regional disparities in health services is a crucial problem in Cambodia. Particularly, a number of NCD risk factors are more common among the rural poor. Fortunately, 80% of NCDs are preventable and cost-effective interventions exist. Therefore, health care needs assessments regarding NCDs in poor rural areas are vital. The object of this pilot study was to identify health care needs regarding NCDs among residents in poor rural areas in Cambodia.Materials and Methods: A medical health check-up and questionnaire survey were conducted with 208 rural residents who participated in a free health check-up and doctor consultation in Kaoh Peam Reang.Results: One hundred sixteen (55.8%) females were included in the total sample size of 208 participants; the majority (52.9%) were between 35 and 65 years of age. Twenty-five participants (12%) were current smokers, and 44 (21%) were current alcohol drinkers. Eighty (38.5%) participants had hypertension and 44 participants (21.2%) had a body mass index over 25. Alcohol drinking and smoking habits were more common among men. The five most frequent medical complaints were headache (18.3%), lower back pain (14.4%), foot and hand pain (13.9%), joint pain (10.1%), and difficulty breathing (10.1%).Conclusions: The medical need for doctor consultations regarding chronic disease and chronic pain might be higher in poor rural areas in Cambodia.
- 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
- 1
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.
- 著者
- Yurie Kobashi Kazato Saeki Masaharu Tsubokura Lihorn Srou Tiny Prum Norifumi Kuratani Tomohiro Ishii Kayako Sakisaka
- 出版者
- THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE
- 雑誌
- Journal of Rural Medicine (ISSN:1880487X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.15, no.2, pp.57-62, 2020 (Released:2020-04-01)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Objective: The surgical workforce needs to at least double by 2030. To increase the workforce, training for non-physician healthcare professionals and community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas is promising to decrease the numbers of untreated surgical patients. Nevertheless, few studies have been conducted on surgical activities of non-physician healthcare professionals and CHWs in rural Cambodia. We sought to measure the level of knowledge of surgical symptoms, and identify factors associated with it. A questionnaire survey was administered to people in rural areas of Kratie Province to determine their knowledge of surgical symptoms, and to strengthen the surgical workforce among medical staff and CHWs.Patient/Materials and Methods: To evaluate the knowledge of surgical symptoms among medical staff and CHWs, a self-reported questionnaire was administered to medical staff, CHWs, and villagers in a rural area of Kratie province, Cambodia. The rating score of the number of correct answers among medical staff, CHWs, and villagers was set as the primary outcome.Results: A total of 91 participants, including 31 medical staff, 24 CHWs, and 36 villagers, completed the survey. The median scores for knowledge of symptoms indicative of surgery were 8 (7–8) [median (interquartile range)] in medical staff, 8 (7–8.5) in CHWs, and 8.5 (8–9) in villagers. There was no significant difference in the scores of surgical symptoms among each of the occupational groups. The group of people who recognized low subjective knowledge of surgical symptom by themselves had significantly higher objective score of knowledge of surgical symptom.Conclusion: Knowledge of surgical symptoms among medical staff and CHWs was inadequate. To at least double the surgical workforce by 2030 successfully, accurate evaluation and improvement of surgical symptomatic knowledge among medical staff in rural areas is crucial.