TY - JOUR
T1 - Activities and health status of dispatched public health nurses after the great east Japan earthquake
AU - Yokoyama, Yoshie
AU - Hirano, Kayoko
AU - Sato, Mari
AU - Abe, Akiko
AU - Uebayashi, Mihoko
AU - Kishi, Emiko
AU - Sato, Mutsuko
AU - Kuroda, Yuuko
AU - Nakaita, Ikumi
AU - Fukushima, Fujio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors Public Health Nursing published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - Objective: This study aimed to elucidate the actual activities conducted by public health nurses during their dispatch and their health status during and after dispatch to the three prefectures most severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Sample: A survey request was sent to a total of 2,237 facilities. Of these, 778 facilities returned questionnaires from dispatched public health nurses. Results: The participants of this study were 1,570 dispatched health nurses who participated in activities mostly at evacuation centers, followed by evacuees' homes. After dispatch, an earlier postdisaster phase at the start of dispatch was independently associated with poor subjective well-being, low mood, worsened sleep state, and intense fatigue. Work hours per day were associated with poor subjective well-being and intense fatigue after dispatch. Conclusion: Results suggest that the factor that most strongly affected the postdispatch health of the nurses was the phase that they began their dispatch.
AB - Objective: This study aimed to elucidate the actual activities conducted by public health nurses during their dispatch and their health status during and after dispatch to the three prefectures most severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Sample: A survey request was sent to a total of 2,237 facilities. Of these, 778 facilities returned questionnaires from dispatched public health nurses. Results: The participants of this study were 1,570 dispatched health nurses who participated in activities mostly at evacuation centers, followed by evacuees' homes. After dispatch, an earlier postdisaster phase at the start of dispatch was independently associated with poor subjective well-being, low mood, worsened sleep state, and intense fatigue. Work hours per day were associated with poor subjective well-being and intense fatigue after dispatch. Conclusion: Results suggest that the factor that most strongly affected the postdispatch health of the nurses was the phase that they began their dispatch.
KW - Dispatch
KW - Great East Japan Earthquake
KW - Public health nurses
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U2 - 10.1111/phn.12141
DO - 10.1111/phn.12141
M3 - Article
C2 - 25080024
AN - SCOPUS:84911985288
VL - 31
SP - 537
EP - 544
JO - Public Health Nursing
JF - Public Health Nursing
SN - 0737-1209
IS - 6
ER -
