Radiation-related anxiety among public health nurses in the Fukushima Prefecture after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: a cross-sectional study

ObjectiveIn Japan, public health nurses (PHNs) play important roles in managing the health of local residents, especially after a disaster. In this study, we assessed radiation anxiety and the stress processing capacity of PHNs in the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, after the accident at the Fukushim...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open Jg. 6; H. 10; S. e013564
Hauptverfasser: Yoshida, Koji, Orita, Makiko, Goto, Aya, Kumagai, Atsushi, Yasui, Kiyotaka, Ohtsuru, Akira, Hayashida, Naomi, Kudo, Takashi, Yamashita, Shunichi, Takamura, Noboru
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 24.10.2016
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Adult
Age
Aged
Anxiety
Anxiety - etiology
Community health care
Cross-Sectional Studies
Curricula
Disasters
Earthquakes
Education history
Female
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Humans
Japan
Knowledge
Likert scale
Logistic Models
Male
Mental health
Middle Aged
Nuclear accidents & safety
Nurses
Nurses, Public Health - education
Nurses, Public Health - psychology
Nursing
Professional Competence
Public health
Radiation
Radiation Exposure - adverse effects
Radiation Injuries
Statistical analysis
Stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology
Tsunamis
Young Adult
Japan
anxiety
Sense of Coherence-13
public health nurse
radiation
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
ISSN:2044-6055, 2044-6055
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectiveIn Japan, public health nurses (PHNs) play important roles in managing the health of local residents, especially after a disaster. In this study, we assessed radiation anxiety and the stress processing capacity of PHNs in the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan, after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS).MethodsWe conducted a questionnaire survey among the PHNs (n=430) in July of 2015 via postal mail. The questions included demographic factors (sex, age and employment position), knowledge about radiation, degree of anxiety about radiation at the time of the FDNPS accident (and at present), by asking them to answer questions about radiation and the Sense of Coherence-13 (SOC-13). We classified the low and high levels of anxiety by asking them to answer questions about radiation, and compared the anxiety-negative (−) group with the anxiety-positive (+) group.ResultsOf the PHNs, 269 (62.6%) were classified in the anxiety (−) group and 161 (37.4%) were in the anxiety (+) group. When the multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted, the PHNs at the time of the accident (OR: 2.37, p=0.007), current general anxieties about radiation (OR: 3.56, p<0.001), current possession of materials to obtain knowledge about radiation (OR: 2.11, p=0.006) and knowledge of the childhood thyroid cancer increase after the Chernobyl accident (OR: 1.69, p=0.035) were significantly associated with anxiety after the FDNPS accident. The mean SOC-13 was 43.0±7.7, with no significant difference between the anxiety (−) group and anxiety (+) group (p=0.47).ConclusionsOur study suggested that anxiety about radiation was associated with materials and knowledge about radiation in the PHNs in the Fukushima Prefecture 4 years after the FDNPS accident. It is important for PHNs to obtain knowledge and teaching materials about radiation, and radiation education programmes for PHNs must be established in areas that have nuclear facilities.
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ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013564