Functional and Mental Health status of elderly residents who were relocated to permanent public apartments after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995

1995年阪神淡路地震后搬迁到永久公共公寓的老年居民的功能和心理健康状况

• 批准号: 13672478
• 负责人: CHIKAMORI Eiko
• 金额: $ 0.83万
• 依托单位: Kobe City College of Nursing
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2001 至 2002
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-13672478/
• 关键词: The Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake; Social Support; The Elderly; Mental Health; Social Function

This article presents the functional and menial health status results of 152 permanent public apartment residents, who were relocated after the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. Life-support advisers (L.S.A) were stationed at all the public apartments which we chose to research. 45 L.S.A were requested to choose those who would be most co-operative to assist in our research However, 7 L.S.A withdrew from our research because they couldn't handle dealing with those who were suffering from dementia The remaining 38 L.S.A explained to the elderly the method and purpose of our interview, to receive their approval. 18 nurses visited their homes to do the interviews, Initially 190 elderly were selected to be interviewed, but 38 withdrew, leaving only 152 to be interviewed.Family background:75% of those lived alone and 19.7% with a spouseLiving situation:52% were living in refuge centers and 72% in temporary housing Frequency of those going outdoors:48% went; out everyday and 17% once a week, or less. Number of those who suffered from diseases: Half had more than one disease, while one person had 6.Hospital admission: 24.3% were admitted to hospital during the year of research.Social support: Emotional support; was provided by the L.S.A., the district, welfare commissioner and the resident's association, while informal support was provided by family members. Nursing care was also available to those who needed it.Mental health results of the General Health Questionnaire (G.H.Q 28) showed that the average is 6.54 and standard deviation is 5.09. the cut-off point, was at. 6/7.41.4% reached the cut-off point.. showing symptoms of both physical and mental illness

本文介绍了坂神淡路地震后搬迁的152名永久公共公寓居民的功能和体力健康状况。生命支持顾问（L.S. A）驻扎在我们选择研究的所有公共公寓。45名L.S.A.被要求选择那些最合作的人来协助我们的研究然而，7名L.S.A.退出了我们的研究，因为他们无法处理与患有痴呆症的人打交道，剩下的38名L.S.A.向老年人解释了我们采访的方法和目的，以获得他们的批准。18名护士上门访问，初步选出190名长者接受访问，但38人退出，只留下152人家庭背景：75%独居，19.7%与配偶同住居住情况：52%住在庇护中心，72%住在临时房屋户外活动频率：48%每天外出，17%每周一次或以下患病人数：一半的人患有一种以上的疾病，而一个人患有6种。住院：24.3%的人在研究期间住院。社会支持：情感支持;由L.S.A.提供，地区、福利专员和居民协会提供的非正式支持，而家庭成员则提供非正式支持。一般健康问卷（G.H.Q28）的心理健康结果显示，平均值为6.54，标准差为5.09。这个临界点是多少6/7.41.4%达到截止点。表现出身体和精神疾病的症状