Environmental and Behavioral Conditions of Bathing among Elderly Japanese
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- Takasaki Yuji
- Department of Sport and Health Education, Akita University
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- Ohnaka Tadakatsu
- Department of Living Environment, Fukuoka Women's University
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- Tochihara Yutaka
- Department of Ergonomics, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
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- Nagai Yumiko
- Department of Health Sciences, Osaka Kyoiku University
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- Ito Hiromitsu
- Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.
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- Yoshitake Shiro
- Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.
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Abstract
This study investigated the bathing conditions of elderly Japanese, and sought to find factors relating to regional differences in death rates from bathtub accidents. A questionnaire survey was carried out in 11 areas of Japan. Questionnaires including questions regarding the length of time since houses had been built, types of facilities, and subjects' indoor thermal sensations and behavior while bathing were distributed to detached houses in each area twice, once in summer and once in winter. Completed questionnaires were collected from approximately 160 elderly people over 65 years old. Information regarding thermal sensations of rooms in winter revealed that a prefabricated bath and insulating window glass eased the cold in the bathroom. Unexpectedly, more subjects in the southern region than in the northern region reported being cold or a little cold while bathing in winter. In the present study, thermal sensations and behaviors while bathing seemed to be more affected by facilities and the location of houses than by the sex and age of the subjects.
Journal
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- Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 26 (2), 235-240, 2007
Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680232464896
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- NII Article ID
- 110006243418
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- NII Book ID
- AA12113950
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- COI
- 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2s3is1ajtw%3D%3D
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- ISSN
- 18806805
- 18806791
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- PubMed
- 17435371
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- PubMed
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