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ArticleFukushima journal of medical science2022

Home-visit rehabilitation in a repopulated village after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Yuta Saito, Keiichiro Sato, Tatsuya Itagaki, Fumiya Omata, Toyoaki Sawano, Yurie Kobashi, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Masaharu Tsubokura, Wataru Hoshi

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Article in Fukushima journal of medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yuta SaitoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Hirata Central Hospital.
Keiichiro SatoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Hirata Central Hospital.
Tatsuya ItagakiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Hirata Central Hospital.
Fumiya OmataDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital.
Toyoaki SawanoDepartment of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine.
Yurie KobashiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital.
Yoshitaka NishikawaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital.
Masaharu TsubokuraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hirata Central Hospital.
Wataru HoshiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Hirata Central Hospital.

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Abstract

Following the evacuation of areas affected by Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, Kawauchi Village was one of the first municipalities repopulated. Although rehabilitation resources were limited, a healthcare facility near the municipality initiated home-visit rehabilitation in 2016. To the best of our knowledge, reports of home-visit rehabilitation in repopulated villages that were evacuated following a nuclear accident are lacking.This article describes a case study of home-visit rehabilitation in Kawauchi Village. The purpose of this study was to explore how users of home-visit rehabilitation services in Kawauchi Village perceive home-visit rehabilitation, and whether it had a positive impact on their daily life. A questionnaire survey was conducted, and their ability to perform activities of daily living was assessed, to understand the living conditions of the visiting-rehabilitation service users.We studied 10 rehabilitation-service users, with a mean age of 86.8 years, who had used the services for an average of 591.4 days. Themes that emerged from the open-ended questionnaire were "established exercise habits and improved physical functions," "the joy of returning to the village," "challenges in the mountainous areas" and "changes in relationships due to the earthquake or evacuation."In conclusion, home-visit rehabilitation was successfully implemented in the repopulated village, and helped maintain the users' physical functions. This may thus be a viable choice for rehabilitation care in repopulated areas after disasters.

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DisastersEarthquakesFukushima Nuclear AccidentActivities of Daily LivingAged, 80 and overHumansJapancase studycommunity dwellingcommunity healthcareFukushima Nuclear Disasterhome-visit rehabilitationolder adults

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PMID35584946
PMCPMC9493332

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