2024-03-28T21:56:41Z
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013454
2023-11-16T06:36:50Z
499:508:509:1359
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG JAPANESE FAMILY CAREGIVERS
HORI, YOKO
HOSHINO, JUNKO
SUZUKI, KISHIKO
open access
Family caregivers
Blood pressure
Grip strength
Musculoskeletal symptoms
Responsibility and obligation
The authors commenced research in 2005 with the goal of on constructing a health support system for primary caregivers. This ongoing study aims to develop a health support program and construct a system of regional assistance based on examining the health situation of family caregivers. Furthermore, it aims to present proposals that will put the minds of citizens at ease in respect to their ability to live in a super aging society. A survey was conducted with 213 male and female caregivers and a control group of 477 community residents not engaged in care. This paper collates the various research findings reported in journals and conference presentations by the authors. Among both male and female caregivers, blood pressure levels required regulation. Among female caregivers, grip strength and musculoskeletal symptoms were worse than those in the control group, even when participants were matched for age. We attempted to determine the characteristics of caregivers who have strong feelings of responsibility and obligation toward their provision of care. Age was a significantly higher factor in the group with stronger feelings in that regard. The group with weaker feelings of responsibility and obligation was younger. The percentage of participants who were caring for a spouse, living with a spouse, had no secondary caregivers, or were providing all-day care, was significantly higher in the group with stronger feelings of responsibility and obligation. There was no significant difference between the groups in the mean total score on the J-ZBI-8 that measures burden of care. As the aging population of Japan grows larger, support for caregivers with physical and psychological health problems, and at the very least, concern of government administrators and the general public, will assume greater importance.
Nagoya University School of Medicine
2011-08
eng
departmental bulletin paper
VoR
https://doi.org/10.18999/nagjms.73.3-4.107
http://hdl.handle.net/2237/15353
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/13454
10.18999/nagjms.73.3-4.107
http://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medlib/nagoya_j_med_sci/7334/7334.html
2186-3326
0027-7622
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
73
3-4
107
115
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/13454/files/v73n34p107_115.pdf
application/pdf
415.4 kB
2018-02-20