<b>Visualization of a Healthcare Service by Physical Activity of </b><b>Workers </b>’<b>Tasks at a Long-term Care Nursing Home </b>

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  • TAKANOKURA Masato
    Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Japan
  • Yamada Tetsuo
    Department of Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  • Kawakami Masaru
    Faculty of Nursing, Jichi Medical University, Japan
  • Taki Seiko
    Department of Management Information Science, Faculty of Social Systems Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
  • KAKEHI Munenori
    Department of Industrial System, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University, Japan

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<p>A healthcare service was visualized by physical activity of healthcare workers ’tasks at a longterm care nursing home in Japan. Physical activity was measured by four healthcare workers using an activity meter. The workers ’tasks in healthcare services were quanti?ed by high-intensity activity of 3.0 METs (metabolic equivalents) or more, and by the relationship between physical activity and healthcare tasks. A higher workload for healthcare workers could be quanti?ed by the average physical activity and the cumulative time of high-intensity activity of 3.0 METs or more. Healthcare workers with signi?cant experience completed daily tasks effectively, but the tasks included high-intensity physical activity or a higher workload. In addition to observational methods, improvement of healthcare services should be considered by quantitative variables.</p>

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