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Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

In this study, we aimed to investigate radiation risk perception, mental health, and interest in tritiated water among evacuees from and returnees to Tomioka town, Japan, as well as to evaluate the intention to return (ITR) among evacuees living inside and outside Fukushima Prefecture. Of the 1728 r...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Xu, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Orita, Makiko, Kashiwazaki, Yuya, Taira, Yasuyuki, Win, Thu Zar, Lochard, Jacques, Schneider, Thierry, Takamura, Noboru
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768061
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032690
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author Xiao, Xu
Matsunaga, Hitomi
Orita, Makiko
Kashiwazaki, Yuya
Taira, Yasuyuki
Win, Thu Zar
Lochard, Jacques
Schneider, Thierry
Takamura, Noboru
author_facet Xiao, Xu
Matsunaga, Hitomi
Orita, Makiko
Kashiwazaki, Yuya
Taira, Yasuyuki
Win, Thu Zar
Lochard, Jacques
Schneider, Thierry
Takamura, Noboru
author_sort Xiao, Xu
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description In this study, we aimed to investigate radiation risk perception, mental health, and interest in tritiated water among evacuees from and returnees to Tomioka town, Japan, as well as to evaluate the intention to return (ITR) among evacuees living inside and outside Fukushima Prefecture. Of the 1728 respondents, 318 (18.4%) and 1203 (69.6%) participants reported living outside and inside Fukushima Prefecture, and 207 (12.0%) reported living in Tomioka. The ITR was not significantly different between those who lived inside and outside the prefecture among the evacuees. Similarly, there were no significant differences in radiation risk perception, mental health, and interest in tritiated water. However, the evacuees were independently associated with a motivation to learn about tritiated water (OR = 1.242, 95%Cl: 1.041–1.438, p = 0.016), reluctance to consume food from Tomioka (OR = 1.635, 95%Cl: 1.372–1.948, p < 0.001), and concern that adverse health effects would occur because of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident (OR = 1.279, 95%Cl: 1.055–1.550, p = 0.012) compared to returnees, according to logistic regression analysis. Interestingly, the returnees were found to have better mental health but lower life satisfaction than the evacuees. These findings suggest the importance of ongoing risk communication about radiation exposure and tritiated water among residents regardless of their place of residency.
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spelling pubmed-99154262023-02-11 Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Xiao, Xu Matsunaga, Hitomi Orita, Makiko Kashiwazaki, Yuya Taira, Yasuyuki Win, Thu Zar Lochard, Jacques Schneider, Thierry Takamura, Noboru Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In this study, we aimed to investigate radiation risk perception, mental health, and interest in tritiated water among evacuees from and returnees to Tomioka town, Japan, as well as to evaluate the intention to return (ITR) among evacuees living inside and outside Fukushima Prefecture. Of the 1728 respondents, 318 (18.4%) and 1203 (69.6%) participants reported living outside and inside Fukushima Prefecture, and 207 (12.0%) reported living in Tomioka. The ITR was not significantly different between those who lived inside and outside the prefecture among the evacuees. Similarly, there were no significant differences in radiation risk perception, mental health, and interest in tritiated water. However, the evacuees were independently associated with a motivation to learn about tritiated water (OR = 1.242, 95%Cl: 1.041–1.438, p = 0.016), reluctance to consume food from Tomioka (OR = 1.635, 95%Cl: 1.372–1.948, p < 0.001), and concern that adverse health effects would occur because of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident (OR = 1.279, 95%Cl: 1.055–1.550, p = 0.012) compared to returnees, according to logistic regression analysis. Interestingly, the returnees were found to have better mental health but lower life satisfaction than the evacuees. These findings suggest the importance of ongoing risk communication about radiation exposure and tritiated water among residents regardless of their place of residency. MDPI 2023-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9915426/ /pubmed/36768061 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032690 Text en © 2023 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/).
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Xiao, Xu
Matsunaga, Hitomi
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Kashiwazaki, Yuya
Taira, Yasuyuki
Win, Thu Zar
Lochard, Jacques
Schneider, Thierry
Takamura, Noboru
Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title_full Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title_fullStr Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title_short Assessment of Radiation Risk Perception and Interest in Tritiated Water among Returnees to and Evacuees from Tomioka Town within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
title_sort assessment of radiation risk perception and interest in tritiated water among returnees to and evacuees from tomioka town within 20 km of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768061
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032690
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