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Effect of Residence in Temporary Housing After the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Physical Activity and Quality of Life of Older Survivors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2017

Nobuaki Moriyama ,
Yukio Urabe ,
Shuichi Onoda ,
Noriaki Maeda  and
Tomoyoshi Oikawa
Nobuaki Moriyama*
Affiliation:
Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Sports Rehabilitation, Hiroshima, Japan
Yukio Urabe
Affiliation:
Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Sports Rehabilitation, Hiroshima, Japan
Shuichi Onoda
Affiliation:
Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Japan
Noriaki Maeda
Affiliation:
Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Sports Rehabilitation, Hiroshima, Japan
Tomoyoshi Oikawa
Affiliation:
Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Japan
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Nobuaki Moriyama, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Sports Rehabilitation, Hiroshima, Japan (e-mail: n-moriyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp).
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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to compare the physical activity level and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between older survivors residing in temporary housing after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE; temporary housing group) and older individuals residing in their own homes (control group) and to clarify whether mobility function and muscle strength were correlated with physical activity among older temporary housing residents.

Methods

Subjects were recruited to the temporary housing group (n=64, 19 men and 45 women) or control group (n=64, 33 men and 31 women) according to their residence. Physical activity was assessed by the number of walking steps determined by using a triaxial accelerometer, mobility function by the Timed Up and Go test, muscle strength by the grasping power test, and HRQOL by the Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short Form Survey v2.

Results

In the temporary housing group, reduced physical activity and correlation between physical activity and mobility function in men, and muscle strength in both men and women, were observed. There was no significant difference in HRQOL between groups except for bodily pain in women.

Conclusion

Support for older evacuees should focus on maintaining their physical activity level as well as on HRQOL to avoid deterioration of health in these survivors. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:701–710)

Keywords

Great East Japan Earthquaketemporary housingolder survivorsphysical activityhealth-related quality of life
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 701 - 710
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017 

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