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TITLE:
Sleep and Stress of Late Middle Age Males Who Are Forced to Live in Emergency Temporary Houses and Post-Earthquake Public Houses for a Long Period Due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident
AUTHORS:
Yuka Iwasa, Yoshiyuki Muramatsu, Hagiko Aoki, Chikako Tomiyama, Tomoko Saito, Mayumi Nishikata, Mieko Uchiyama
KEYWORDS:
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident, Emergency Temporary House, Actigraph, Sleep, Mental Stress
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.9 No.13,
December
12,
2017
ABSTRACT: It has been revealed that prolonged shelter life caused by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident in conjunction with the Great East Japan Earthquake influences sleep and mental health of the residents, and therefore its influence on their physical and emotional health has become a concern. Therefore, in this study, the authors aimed at clarifying actual situations of sleep and stress of middle age males living in shelters for a long period in each of emergency temporary houses and post-earthquake public houses. For 5 males who moved from emergency temporary houses to post-earthquake public houses, their objective and subjective sleep states were measured with Actigraph and PSQI, respectively. Furthermore, their objective and subjective stresses were measured with saliva stress biomarkers and GHQ28, respectively. Their data were analyzed by paired t-test. As result, in comparison between the life in the emergency temporary houses and post-earthquake public houses, significant variation was not recognized in their objective sleep states and saliva stress biomarkers though their subjective sleep and subjective stress were significantly worsened after moving to the post-earthquake public houses.
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