Host: The Japan Radiation Research Society
Nagasaki prefecture designed the support program for elderly atomic bomb survivors. A total of 361 Nagasaki A-bomb survivors were interviewed in 2006 and were asked to totally support about mental health, problem on life and medical and welfare. First step was mail survey about visiting. Second step was interview about totally health. Their health condition assessed, for their mental health conditions using the 12-item version of General Health Questionnaire, for their QOL using WHO-QOL, for their atomic bomb impact scale using IES-R.
In the present study, we analyzed 171 Nagasaki A-bomb survivors who completely responded to all items. The subjects were classified into two groups (i.e. high-score and low-score groups) depending on whether their IES-R score exceeded 24. We used chi-square test and Wilcoxon test for the analysis.
Average of GHQ-score was 3.17 among high-score group and 1.42 among low-score group. Average of WHO-QOL score was 2.9 among high-score group and 3.13 among low-score group. Both score were significantly different among two groups.
