Questionnaire Survey of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Workers in 2016 on Knowledge and Anxiety About Radiation

• HAYASHI Takuya

  Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

• MAFUNE Kosuke

  Department of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

• MATSUDA Naoki

  Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University

• HASEGAWA Arifumi

  Department of Radiation Disaster Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine

• KATO Takaaki

  Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu

• KANDA Reiko

  National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

• SHIMADA Yoshiya

  Institute of Environmental Sciences, National Institute of Radiological Sciences

• SATOH Kenichi

  The Center for Data Science Education and Research, Shiga University

• MORI Koji

  Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

• TATEISHI Seiichiro

  Department of Occupational Medicine, University Hospital, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

• KOHZAKI Masaoki

  Department of Radiobiology and Hygiene Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

• OKAZAKI Ryuji

  Department of Radiobiology and Hygiene Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 福島第一原発作業者に対する放射線知識と不安に関する質問調査
• フクシマ ダイイチ ゲンパツ サギョウシャ ニ タイスル ホウシャセン チシキ ト フアン ニ カンスル シツモン チョウサ

Abstract

The results of a survey of radiation workers suggest that they are worried about the effects of radiation exposure on health, and approximately 30% of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) workers have anxiety. This questionnaire survey reveals that the higher the frequency of radiation education, the higher the knowledge of radiation the workers will have, and that the higher the level of knowledge, the lower the anxiety. To reduce anxiety, it is important to increase knowledge about radiation through radiation education. However, even those workers who had radiation education several times still had anxiety. According to the Ordinance on the Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards, the time spent on education about the effects of radiation on the human body is only about 30 minutes. This education is not enough to reduce anxiety. FDNPP workers needed more effective education to increase their knowledge and to reduce their anxiety.

Journal

• Journal of UOEH

  Journal of UOEH 42 (4), 339-346, 2020-12-01

  The University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Keywords

• Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant workers
• radiation education
• knowledge about radiation
• anxiety about radiation
• questionnaire survey

Details

• CRID: 1390004951539422592
• NII Article ID: 130007948934
• NII Book ID: AN0009832X
• DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.42.339
• ISSN: 21872864
• ISSN: 0387821X
• NDL BIB ID: 030809130
• PubMed: 33268612
• Web Site: https://uoeh-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/889
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I030809130
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/juoeh/42/4/42_339/_pdf
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• Text Lang: ja
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