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Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study

OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and whether NCDs were treated or not, among hospitalised decontamination workers who moved to radio-contaminated areas after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. METHODS: We retrospectively extract...

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Autores principales: Sawano, Toyoaki, Tsubokura, Masaharu, Ozaki, Akihiko, Leppold, Claire, Nomura, Shuhei, Shimada, Yuki, Ochi, Sae, Tsukada, Manabu, Nemoto, Tsuyoshi, Kato, Shigeaki, Kanazawa, Yukio, Ohira, Hiromichi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5168629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27974372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013885
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author Sawano, Toyoaki
Tsubokura, Masaharu
Ozaki, Akihiko
Leppold, Claire
Nomura, Shuhei
Shimada, Yuki
Ochi, Sae
Tsukada, Manabu
Nemoto, Tsuyoshi
Kato, Shigeaki
Kanazawa, Yukio
Ohira, Hiromichi
author_facet Sawano, Toyoaki
Tsubokura, Masaharu
Ozaki, Akihiko
Leppold, Claire
Nomura, Shuhei
Shimada, Yuki
Ochi, Sae
Tsukada, Manabu
Nemoto, Tsuyoshi
Kato, Shigeaki
Kanazawa, Yukio
Ohira, Hiromichi
author_sort Sawano, Toyoaki
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and whether NCDs were treated or not, among hospitalised decontamination workers who moved to radio-contaminated areas after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. METHODS: We retrospectively extracted records of decontamination workers admitted to Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital between 1 June 2012 and 31 August 2015, from hospital records. We investigated the incidence of underlying NCDs such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among the decontamination workers, and their treatment status, in addition to the reasons for their hospital admission. RESULTS: A total of 113 decontamination workers were admitted to the hospital (112 male patients, median age of 54 years (age range: 18–69 years)). In terms of the demographics of underlying NCDs in this population, 57 of 72 hypertensive patients (79.2%), 37 of 45 dyslipidaemic patients (82.2%) and 18 of 27 hyperglycaemic patients (66.7%) had not been treated for their NCDs before admission to the hospital. CONCLUSIONS: A high burden of underlying NCDs was found in hospitalised decontamination workers in Fukushima. Managing underlying diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus is essential among this population.
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spelling pubmed-51686292016-12-22 Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study Sawano, Toyoaki Tsubokura, Masaharu Ozaki, Akihiko Leppold, Claire Nomura, Shuhei Shimada, Yuki Ochi, Sae Tsukada, Manabu Nemoto, Tsuyoshi Kato, Shigeaki Kanazawa, Yukio Ohira, Hiromichi BMJ Open Occupational and Environmental Medicine OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and whether NCDs were treated or not, among hospitalised decontamination workers who moved to radio-contaminated areas after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. METHODS: We retrospectively extracted records of decontamination workers admitted to Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital between 1 June 2012 and 31 August 2015, from hospital records. We investigated the incidence of underlying NCDs such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among the decontamination workers, and their treatment status, in addition to the reasons for their hospital admission. RESULTS: A total of 113 decontamination workers were admitted to the hospital (112 male patients, median age of 54 years (age range: 18–69 years)). In terms of the demographics of underlying NCDs in this population, 57 of 72 hypertensive patients (79.2%), 37 of 45 dyslipidaemic patients (82.2%) and 18 of 27 hyperglycaemic patients (66.7%) had not been treated for their NCDs before admission to the hospital. CONCLUSIONS: A high burden of underlying NCDs was found in hospitalised decontamination workers in Fukushima. Managing underlying diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus is essential among this population. BMJ Publishing Group 2016-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5168629/ /pubmed/27974372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013885 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
spellingShingle Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Sawano, Toyoaki
Tsubokura, Masaharu
Ozaki, Akihiko
Leppold, Claire
Nomura, Shuhei
Shimada, Yuki
Ochi, Sae
Tsukada, Manabu
Nemoto, Tsuyoshi
Kato, Shigeaki
Kanazawa, Yukio
Ohira, Hiromichi
Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title_full Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title_fullStr Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title_full_unstemmed Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title_short Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
title_sort non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study
topic Occupational and Environmental Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5168629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27974372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013885
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