Long-term impact of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on functional disability among older people
A 3-year longitudinal comparison of disability prevalence among Japanese municipalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4593182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasutake Tomata (0000-0003-4189-5245, Tohoku University, corresponding author), Yoshinori Suzuki (0000-0003-2224-5394, Sendai Shirayuri Women's College), Miyuki Kawado (0000-0002-5824-3289, Fujita Health University), Hiroya Yamada (0000-0003-0321-7371, Fujita Health University), Yuta Murakami (0000-0002-8134-0327, Toho University), Yoshitaka Murakami, Makiko Naka Mieno, Makiko Mieno (0000-0002-3510-9941, Jichi Medical University), Yasuyuki Shibata (0000-0001-9160-0017, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine), Yosuke Shibata, Takeshi Ojima (0000-0001-6888-0698, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine), Toshiyuki Ojima, Shizuka Hashimoto (0000-0003-2080-7795, Fujita Health University), Shuji Hashimoto, Ichiro Tsuji (0000-0001-5626-0184, Tohoku University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 147 |
| Pages | 296-299 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.016 |
| PMID | 26613535 |
| OpenAlex | W2187024930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
It has been unclear whether the prevalence of disability is higher in an area affected by natural disaster than in other areas even if more than one year has passed since the disaster. The aim of this ecological study was to examine whether the rate of increase in disability prevalence among the older population was higher in disaster-stricken areas during the 3 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and tsunami. This analysis used public Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) data covering 1570 municipalities. "Disaster areas" were considered to be the three prefectures most affected by the earthquake and tsunami: Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. The outcome measure was the number of aged people (≥65 years) with LTCI disability certification. Rates of change in disability prevalence from January 2011 to January 2014 were used as the primary outcome variable, and compared by analysis of covariance between "coastal disaster areas", "inland disaster areas" and "non-disaster areas". The mean rate of increase in disability prevalence in coastal (14.7%) and inland (10.0%) disaster areas was higher than in non-disaster areas (6.2%) (P < 0.001). During the 3 years after the earthquake, the increase of disability prevalence from before the GEJE continued to be higher in the disaster-stricken areas
Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Natural disaster · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Population · Demography · Disaster Response and Management · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |