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Housing type after the Great East Japan Earthquake and loss of motor function in elderly victims: a prospective observational study.
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- What factors are associated with new social isolation years after the great East Japan Earthquake?: findings from the TMM CommCohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Physical Function Changes in Older Adults Living in Temporary Housing after the Great East Japan Earthquake.JMA journal · 2025Article
- Associations between housing and psychological damage by earthquake and modifiable risk factors for dementia in general older adults: Tohoku Medical Megabank community-based cohort study.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2024Article
- Factors Related to Physical Activity among Older Adults Who Relocated to a New Community after the Kumamoto Earthquake: A Study from the Viewpoint of Social Capital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Trends in Blood Pressure Associated with The Changes in Living Environment Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Psychological distress is affected by fear of COVID-19 via lifestyle disruption and leisure restriction among older adults in Japan: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Living in temporary housing and later psychological distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011: A cross-lagged panel model.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Social trust predicts sleep disorder at 6 years after the Great East Japan earthquake: data from a prospective cohort study.BMC psychology · 2020Article
- Musculoskeletal pain and new-onset poor physical function in elderly survivors of a natural disaster: a longitudinal study after the great East Japan earthquake.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
- Does the Type of Temporary Housing Make a Difference in Social Participation and Health for Evacuees of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami? A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
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- Winter morning surge in blood pressure after the Great East Japan Earthquake.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivePrevious studies have reported that elderly victims of natural disasters might be prone to a subsequent decline in motor function. Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) relocated to a wide range of different types of housing. As the evacuee lifestyle varies according to the type of housing available to them, their degree of motor function loss might also vary accordingly. However, the association between postdisaster housing type and loss of motor function has never been investigated. The present study was conducted to investigate the association between housing type after the GEJE and loss of motor function in elderly victims.
methodsWe conducted a prospective observational study of 478 Japanese individuals aged ≥65 years living in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas most significantly affected by the GEJE. Information on housing type after the GEJE, motor function as assessed by the Kihon checklist and other lifestyle factors was collected by interview and questionnaire in 2012. Information on motor function was then collected 1 year later. The multiple logistic regression model was used to estimate the multivariate adjusted ORs of motor function loss.
resultsWe classified 53 (11.1%) of the respondents as having loss of motor function. The multivariate adjusted OR (with 95% CI) for loss of motor function among participants who were living in privately rented temporary housing/rental housing was 2.62 (1.10 to 6.24) compared to those who had remained in the same housing as that before the GEJE, and this increase was statistically significant.
conclusionsThe proportion of individuals with loss of motor function was higher among persons who had relocated to privately rented temporary housing/rental housing after the GEJE. This result may reflect the influence of a move to a living environment where few acquaintances are located (lack of social capital).
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