Disease and injury trends among evacuees in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan

Takashi Yorifuji; Takushi Sato; Toru Yoneda; Yoshiomi Kishida; Sumie Yamamoto; Taro Sakai; Hiroshi Sashiyama; Shuko Takahashi; Hayato Orui; Daisuke Kato; Taro Hasegawa; Yoshihiro Suzuki; Maki Okamoto; Hideki Hayashi; Shigeru Suganami

doi:10.1080/19338244.2017.1343238

Disease and injury trends among evacuees in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan

Takashi Yorifuji, Takushi Sato, Toru Yoneda, Yoshiomi Kishida, Sumie Yamamoto, Taro Sakai, Hiroshi Sashiyama, Shuko Takahashi, Hayato Orui, Daisuke Kato, Taro Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Maki Okamoto, Hideki Hayashi, Shigeru Suganami

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Two huge earthquakes struck Kumamoto, Japan, in April 2016, forcing residents to evacuate. Few studies have reported early-phase disease and injury trends among evacuees following major inland earthquakes. We evaluated the trends among evacuees who visited a medical clinic in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. The clinic opened on April 15, the day after the foreshock, and closed 3 weeks later. We reviewed medical charts related to 929 outpatient visits and conducted descriptive analyses. The evacuees experienced mild injuries and common diseases. The types of diseases changed weekly. Elderly people needed medical support for longer than other age groups. Future earthquakes may be inevitable, but establishing arrangements for medical needs or making precautions for infectious diseases in shelters could reduce the effects of earthquake-related health problems.

本文言語	English
ページ（範囲）	284-291
ページ数	8
ジャーナル	Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
巻	73
号	5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2017.1343238
出版ステータス	Published - 9月 3 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

毒物学
環境科学（全般）
公衆衛生学、環境および労働衛生
健康、毒物学および変異誘発

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Yorifuji, T., Sato, T., Yoneda, T., Kishida, Y., Yamamoto, S., Sakai, T., Sashiyama, H., Takahashi, S., Orui, H., Kato, D., Hasegawa, T., Suzuki, Y., Okamoto, M., Hayashi, H., & Suganami, S. (2018). Disease and injury trends among evacuees in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, 73(5), 284-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2017.1343238

Yorifuji, T, Sato, T, Yoneda, T, Kishida, Y, Yamamoto, S, Sakai, T, Sashiyama, H, Takahashi, S, Orui, H, Kato, D, Hasegawa, T, Suzuki, Y, Okamoto, M, Hayashi, H & Suganami, S 2018, 'Disease and injury trends among evacuees in a shelter located at the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Japan', Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 284-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2017.1343238

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