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Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey
Considering the health effects of radiation accompanying the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, this study aimed to examine social participation after the disaster and factors hindering participation among citizens aged ≥ 65 years from designat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094426 |
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author | Harigane, Mayumi Imuta, Hiromi Yasumura, Seiji Hayashi, Fumikazu Nakano, Hironori Ohira, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaharu Yabe, Hirooki Suzuki, Yuriko Kamiya, Kenji |
author_facet | Harigane, Mayumi Imuta, Hiromi Yasumura, Seiji Hayashi, Fumikazu Nakano, Hironori Ohira, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaharu Yabe, Hirooki Suzuki, Yuriko Kamiya, Kenji |
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description | Considering the health effects of radiation accompanying the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, this study aimed to examine social participation after the disaster and factors hindering participation among citizens aged ≥ 65 years from designated evacuation zones inside the Fukushima prefecture. The target population comprised 180,604 residents in 13 municipalities containing designated evacuation zones. There were 73,433 valid responses (response rate, 40.7%); of which, data from 19,573 respondents aged ≥ 65 years were analyzed. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the factors associated with social participation. In total, 53.0% of older evacuees did not participate in recreational activities or communal services. Stratified analysis showed that living outside the Fukushima prefecture and requiring assistance with activities of daily living were associated with low social participation. This study clarified that the majority of older evacuees did not participate in social activities at the time of the survey within one year of the disaster. Furthermore, where these older individuals were evacuated to and whether they were able to live independently might have affected their social participation. Better subjective health, better sleep quality, and more frequent exercise may be associated with improved social participation. |
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spelling | pubmed-81222702021-05-16 Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey Harigane, Mayumi Imuta, Hiromi Yasumura, Seiji Hayashi, Fumikazu Nakano, Hironori Ohira, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaharu Yabe, Hirooki Suzuki, Yuriko Kamiya, Kenji Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Considering the health effects of radiation accompanying the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, this study aimed to examine social participation after the disaster and factors hindering participation among citizens aged ≥ 65 years from designated evacuation zones inside the Fukushima prefecture. The target population comprised 180,604 residents in 13 municipalities containing designated evacuation zones. There were 73,433 valid responses (response rate, 40.7%); of which, data from 19,573 respondents aged ≥ 65 years were analyzed. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the factors associated with social participation. In total, 53.0% of older evacuees did not participate in recreational activities or communal services. Stratified analysis showed that living outside the Fukushima prefecture and requiring assistance with activities of daily living were associated with low social participation. This study clarified that the majority of older evacuees did not participate in social activities at the time of the survey within one year of the disaster. Furthermore, where these older individuals were evacuated to and whether they were able to live independently might have affected their social participation. Better subjective health, better sleep quality, and more frequent exercise may be associated with improved social participation. MDPI 2021-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8122270/ /pubmed/33919466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094426 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Harigane, Mayumi Imuta, Hiromi Yasumura, Seiji Hayashi, Fumikazu Nakano, Hironori Ohira, Tetsuya Maeda, Masaharu Yabe, Hirooki Suzuki, Yuriko Kamiya, Kenji Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title | Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title_full | Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title_fullStr | Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title_short | Factors Hindering Social Participation among Older Residents from Evacuation Zones after the Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Fukushima: The Fukushima Health Management Survey |
title_sort | factors hindering social participation among older residents from evacuation zones after the nuclear power plant accident in fukushima: the fukushima health management survey |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919466 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094426 |
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