TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Cross-sectional study on risk of flooding and landslides and their associated perceptions among home health-care patients living in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Yoshida, Makoto
A1  - Miyatake, Hirotomo
A1  - Masunaga, Hidehisa
A1  - Kosaka, Makoto
A1  - Kaneda, Yudai
A1  - Kotera, Yasuhiro
A1  - Nishikawa, Yoshitaka
A1  - Tsunetoshi, Chie
A1  - Yoshida, Izumi
A1  - Ogawa, Fubuki
A1  - Ozaki, Akihiko
A1  - Beniya, Hiroyuki
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate a risk of flooding and landslides among home-care patients, to reveal an extent to which patients require support for evacuation, and to determine whether risk was accurately perceived among the patients. <br><br>METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study targeting the patients who were actively treated at the home-care clinic in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. We collected data on the patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Additionally, we collected data on their risk of flooding and landslides through hazard maps and distributed a questionnaire to these patients regarding their risk awareness of flooding and landslides. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 199 eligible home-care patients, 84.9% (169 of 199) were at risk of flooding and/or landslides, and 58.6% (99 of 169) of them needs support during evacuation. Furthermore, of those who were at risk of flooding and/or landslides, 46.0% (45 of 99) had accurate risk assessments. Factors that resulted in inadequate risk awareness of flooding and landslides included: not placing importance on evacuation, not using medical equipment, and living on the first floor. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There was limited risk awareness of flooding and/or landslides among the home-care patients. The information of the risk factors regarding inadequate risk awareness of flooding and landslides should be used to sophisticate flooding and landslides evacuation strategy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.210
ID  - ref1
ER  -