Perception of the health of second-generation atomic bomb survivors

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  • Oishi Kodai
    Division of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Radiation and Environmental Health Effects, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Urata Hideko
    Division of Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Hayashida Naomi
    Division of Strategic Collaborative Research, Center for Promotion of Collaborative Research and Environment Health Effects, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
  • Shinkawa Tetsuko
    Nagasaki Nursing Association
  • Nagata Akira
    Institute of Biomedical Sciences Health Sciences, Nagasaki University
  • Kondo Hisayoshi
    Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
  • Sato Nana
    Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University
  • Shibata Hisami
    Nagasaki University Hospital
  • Matsuo Honami
    Department of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
  • Yoshimatsu Naoki
    Office of Director for Radiation Health Management, Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan
  • Takahira Hitomi
    Division of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Radioisotope Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Takamura Noboru
    Department of Global Health Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University

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  • 被爆二世の健康に関する考えの実態

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<p>Preceding studies report that second-generation atomic bomb survivors (SGSs) have health anxiety about the hereditary effects of radiation when they get a physical illness, and subconsciously continue to worry about the cause. Based on this, it was expected that the fact that they are SGSs themselves affects their thoughts on their own health. We conducted comparisons between “SGSs and Non-SGSs” and “SGSs with health anxiety caused by being SGSs and SGSs without this health anxiety” to clarifying the characteristics of their way of thinking regarding their health. Results from these analyses show there was no difference in their thought on their own health between SGSs and Non-SGSs however, this factor was considered to be a factor specific to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. On the other hand, SGSs with this health anxiety is independently associated with “Self-rated health is not healthy” and “Being SGSs is the cause of threatened health”. It was revealed from the descriptive contents of this health anxiety that “Parent’s cancer” and “Parent’s death by cancer” were factors of this health anxiety.</p>

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