Observational studyBMC geriatrics2018
Association between health risks and frailty in relation to the degree of housing damage among elderly survivors of the great East Japan earthquake.
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- The role of physical activity in self-rated health in a region affected by mining dam collapse: Brumadinho Health Project.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Post-Disaster Mental Health and Dietary Patterns among Older Survivors of an Earthquake and Tsunami.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Article
- Increased care-need in older long-term care insurance users after the 2018 Japan Floods: a retrospective cohort study based on the Japanese long-term care insurance claims.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Psychological Distress in Responders and Nonresponders in a 5-year Follow-up Health Survey: The RIAS Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Environmental Factors in the Rehabilitation Framework: Role of the One Health Approach to Improve the Complex Management of Disability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Social Factors Contributing to Healthcare Service Requirements during the First COVID-19 Lockdown among Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Lessons learned from psychosocial support and mental health surveys during the 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake: Establishing evidence-based disaster psychiatry.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2022Review
- Lifestyle Factors Associated with Undernutrition in Older People after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Prospective Study in the Fukushima Health Management Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The differences of poor SRH among municipalities in Iwate after the Great East Japan Earthquake.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Telemedicine Assessment for the Mental Health of Rural Residents Based on the Safety Degree of Housing in Seismically Active Regions.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Changes in smoking behavior among victims after the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Did the Number of Older People Requiring Long-Term Care and Expenditure Increase after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake? Analysis of Changes over Six Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Circulating microRNAs (miR-126, miR-197, and miR-223) are associated with chronic kidney disease among elderly survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake.BMC nephrology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011 were at risk of deteriorating health, especially elderly people living in disaster-stricken areas. The objectives of this prospective study were: a) to clarify the different lifestyle and psychosocial factors associated with frailty by sex among the non-disabled elderly survivors, and b) to describe the differences in characteristics stratified by the degree of disaster-related housing damage.
methodsWe followed 2261 Japanese survivors aged ≥65 years (45.3% male; mean age, 71.7 years) without disability or frailty who completed a self-administered questionnaire at baseline. All participants completed a baseline questionnaire in 2011 and at least one identical follow-up questionnaire between 2012 and 2015 regarding lifestyle (smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle, and dietary intake) and psychosocial factors (self-rated health, standard of living, psychological distress, and social networks). Frailty was defined as a score of ≥5 on the Kihon Checklist, which is used by the Japanese government to certify the need for long-term care insurance. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals with frailty as the dichotomous dependent variable and health factors as the independent variables were calculated using a multilevel model for repeated measures by sex, followed by stratification analyses by the degree of housing damage.
resultsOver the 4-year study period, 510 participants (22.6%) developed frailty. In the post-disaster setting, many of the psychosocial factors remained more prevalent 4 years later among survivors with extensive housing damage. The presence of risk factors regarding the development of frailty differed by the degree of housing damage. Among men, psychological distress, in parallel with a poor social network, was related to frailty among only the participants with extensive housing damage and those living in temporary housing, whereas among women, worsening psychological distress was associated only with no damage and no displaced survivors. Among women with extensive damage and displacement, health outcomes such as overweight and diabetes and poor social networks were strongly related to frailty.
conclusionsLifestyle and psychosocial factors associated with the risk of frailty differ by sex and the degree of housing damage.
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