Citation

Tsuzuki C, Kawakubo K. Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 1999; 46(11): 945-952.

Affiliation

Department of Community Health Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10624100

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess effects of the Hansin-Awaji Earthquake on health-status of community residents. METHOD: This study was conducted at Itami City, Hyogo prefecture, one of the affected areas of this disaster. Methods as follows: 1) We assessed health-status of 159 adult residents (36 males and 123 females) before, just after, and 1 year after this disaster using annual health check-up data. 2) We compared health check-up data of 109 adult residents (42 males and 67 females) living in temporary-housing after this disaster with the control group matched by age and sex not living in temporary-housing 6 months after the disaster. RESULT: 1) In the residents living in severe damaged area, triglyceride level significantly just after this disaster and tended to go down one year after. 2) Significantly more temporary-housing residents had greater prevalence of irregular dietary habits, more smoking habit, lower HDL-cholesterol level and higher triglyceride level, compared to the control group. CONCLUSION: We found this disaster had many negative effects on their health-status. In addition, temporary-housing residents had poorer health-status than control group. Therefore, these results suggest that we must deal with improvements to the health-status of these residents.

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