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Co-dependency and Mental Health in Social Welfare Students
Get PDFP(論文)Co-dependency is a functional deficit whereby individuals control both other's behaviour and their own behaviour in order to keep being depended on by others. It has been pointed out in the clinical field that co-dependency is associated with a variety of mental health problems. There are two parts in this study. The purpose of the first part of the study was to develop a questionnaire of particular co-dependent behaviours and to examine the relationship between co-dependency, depression and dependent personality. The factor analysis of the questionnaire generated two factors, "Self-sacrifice" and "Immaturity" . Based on these factors the subscales were developed. Besides, Self-Depression Scale (SDS) was used to assess their mental health With regard to measuring dependent personality, eight items were extracted from dependent personality disorder from Cluster "C" Personality Disorder of DSM-IV-TR. The sample was 290 social welfare students (179 males, 111 females). The analysis of correlation showed a significant relation between co-dependency, depression and dependent personality. The second part of the study hypothesised that co-dependency of social welfare students would be higher than students majoring in a different subject The co-dependent data, gained from the first par of the study, was compared with data from students majoring in another subject (n=142). However, it was not found a significant difference between them. Further studies in this area should gather more data from clinical field.departmental bulletin pape
The present state of measures for cultural resource disaster-relief in the Miyazaki Prefecture
Get PDFP(論文)The damage by typhoon "NABI" in 2005 was greater in Miyazaki Prefecture than elsewhere. Cultural properties in museums and various other places suffered. We rescued heavily damaged photographs from two homes in Nobeoka City. While such photographs document individual life stories, they are also a resource that enables us to reconstruct local history. Such reconstruction of the past may help strengthen both individual identities as well as the regional cultural identities. Our conservation of the photographs involved various processes including using a freeze-drying machine. In carrying out these conservation efforts, we designed a workflow procedure for cultural resource disaster relief.departmental bulletin pape
Oral health care needs and provision for the impaired community-dwelling elderly
Get PDFP(論文)本研究の目的は、在宅要介護高齢者の口腔ケアのニーズと実施状況の実態を明らかにし、在宅での口腔ケア実施に影響を及ぼす要因を明らかにすることである。対象者は、宮崎県延岡市内に居住する在宅用介護高齢者とその家族介護者148組である。まず、横断調査の手法を用いて、日常生活機能の低下状況から求めた口腔ケアニーズと、実施状況との関連性について調べた。その結果、両者の統計的一致度は低く、ニーズに見合った口腔ケアは実施されていなかった。次に、口腔ケアの実施状況に影響を及ぼす要因を調べたところ、口腔ケアの実施状況は、家族介護者の1日あたりの介護時間等の介護・福祉的要因と有意な関連性を示したが、要介護高齢者の身体的健康に関連する項目とは有意な関連性を示さなかった。The aims of the present study were to (1) examine the discrepancy between the oral health care needs and provision for impaired community-dwelling elderly individuals receiving home care, and (2) investigate the relationship between providing oral health care at home and caregiving factors among family caregivers. Subjects were 148 pairs comprising a community-dwelling elderly individual requiring care and his or her family caregiver. Survey items for the impaired elderly concerned demographic variables, the need for oral health care to be provided by another person, subjective general health status, and expressive or receptive language ability. Survey items for family caregivers concerned demographic variables, the provision of oral health care, hours per day spent providing care, hours per day caregivers can be relieved, duration of caregiving, and caregiver burden. Oral health care needs and provision showed low statistical agreement (kappa value=0.058, 95% confidence interval = -0.197-0.080). The provision of oral health care was significantly related to hours spent providing care (P<0.05), hours caregivers can be relieved (P(0.01), and duration of caregiving (P<0.05). These findings suggest that the provision of oral health care at home is not dependent on oral health care needs of the impaired elderly.departmental bulletin pape
A study of Quality of Life in local city residents : For the participants an open lecture
Get PDFP(論文)The purpose of this study was to examine local resident's QOL by using the Basic Quality of Life Scale (BAQL) that the author developed. A subject is 280 people who investigated it for the past three years (123 men, 135 women, 2 uncertain, average 51.9 ± 16.8 years old). I did not recognize significant difference in QOL score between men and women, but the man showed high score than female in particularly constancy of psychology, confidence for life, mood, hobby or pleasure, a feeling of space showed (p <0.01-0.05). In addition, a senior citizen showed the tendency that QOL value rose with age (p <0.05), and a feeling of space, a definite aim, human relations showed significant difference (p <0.05). Comparison by ill presence did not show a difference in QOL score, but a score of disease existence was low in a feeling of subjective health (p <0.01). From these, it was shown that a score of QOL changed depending on age, and it was suggested a difference of feeling for a phenomenon between men and women. These results were not able to assert to be a character of the residents, because it showed a similar tendency till now by author. We will have to research evaluation standard according to sexuality and age in future.departmental bulletin pape
Dietary habits among elderly people in relation to their physical condition and illness in northern Miyazaki
Get PDFP(論文)This study explored the dietary habits among 261 elderly people between an average age of 75 and 80 in relation to their physical condition and illness in northern Miyazaki. Two groups were compared. One group used a home help service (HH) one group did not (NHH). Members of both groups had hypertension, pain in shoulders, back and knees. The HH group also had circulatory and internal diseases. The study found that by age 80 there was a significant deterioration in the physical condition of many elderly people in the HH group. The study focused on breakfast because it is the most important meal of the day. The study found that the breakfast in both groups tended to include high salt intake. Members of both groups used dietary supplements more often than other types of foods that were studied. The diet of the HH group, however, included more dairy products while the NHH group tended to consume more alcohol than the HH group. The study concluded that giving individual consultation, instruction and reminders about food intake, medicine, health-food diet and alcohol consumption to elderly in their early 70s may reduce the need of elderly people for home help services. The research proposes, therefore, that to be effective in preventing elderly from needing home help care service, intervention should focus on people before age 75.departmental bulletin pape
Roles and Tasks of Medical Social Workers in Terminal Ill Patient Care
Get PDFP(論文)The purpose of this report is to clarify the roles and tasks of medical social workers in terminally ill patient care. An analysis was performed based on tasks of medical welfare, which were gathered through focus group interviews carried out on the medical staff at "O" Acute Hospital, "A" city. As a result of the survey analysis, it became clear that the target and viewpoint of traditional medical social work, such as response to problems of poverty and the overall relationship of the person and the situation, are needed and as such, new roles, such as construction of a regional cooperative system, the relationship to the viewpoint of living assurance, and the provision of resource ill patient care, by providing a differentiation of functions at medical institutions through a change in medical policy.departmental bulletin pape
Photoaffinity labeling of opioid-binding cell-adhesion molecule (OBCAM) by phenyldiazirine-integrated ligands
Get PDFP(論文)オピオイド結合細胞接着分子(OBCAM)タンパク質は、イムノグロブリンのスーパーファミリーに属し、エンケファリンやβ-エンドルフィンなどのオピオイドリガンドを認識する。我々は、大腸菌で組換えOBCAMタンパク質と、β-エンドルフィンの部分配列をもとにジアジリンとビオチンをもつ光アフィニティーリガンドとを製作し、光アフィニティーラベル実験を行った。光照射により両者が共有結合で結ばれた複合体を形成した。しかしながら、[Leu]-エンケファリン,[D-Ala^2, D-Leu^5]-エンケファリンおよびβ-エンドルフィンを過剰に加えても、この複合体形成を阻害できなかった。光アフィニティーリガンドと同一の構造をもつ(ジアジリンをもつ)ペプチドアナログのみが複合体形成を阻害した。このペプチドアナログ中のジアジリンを光分解したものは阻害活性を失った。これらの結果は、オピオイドペプチド中のジアジリン構造がOBCAMタンパク質との親和性を増強させていることを示している。An opioid-binding cell-adhesion molecule (OBCAM) protein, which is an immunoglobulin superfamily protein, recognizes various opioid ligands including enkephalin and β-endorphin. The molecular mechanisms of ligand-binding interface of the proteins are not yet clear. We prepared a bacterial expressed OBCAM protein using pGEX4T expression system, and photoaffinity ligand bearing diazirine and biotin, which was constructed using the partial sequence of β-endorphin, Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr-Ser-Glu-Lys-Ser. Crosslinking formation between OBCAM protein and photoaffinity ligand was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis. Neither excess amount of [Leu]-enkephalin, [D-Ala^2, D-Leu^5]-enkephalin, nor β-endorphin inhibited the crosslinking formation. The diazirine-bearing peptide that had an identical amino acid sequence to that of the photoaffinity ligand only inhibited the crosslinking formation, and the removal of diazirine on the peptide by photolysis resulted in loss of the inhibitory activity. These results show that diazirine group on the opioid ligand enhanced its binding affinity to the OBCAM protein.departmental bulletin pape
Relationship between language development and drawing development in children with mental retardation
Get PDFP(論文)The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between language development and the development of drawing ability in mentally disabled children. Language tests, motor skill tasks, and drawing tasks were carried out for 23 mentally disabled children. For drawing tasks, children were instructed to draw freestyle and portrait pictures, which were classified into four developmental stages. The relationships between the development of drawing ability and language development in addition to motor skill development were then analyzed. The results indicated that the development of drawing ability was related to language expression, and vocabulary age development. Regarding language development, children who were capable of drawing "design" and "picture" were able to express sequences of >__-3 words. Still more, children who were capable of drawing "picture" were >__-54-month vocabulary age. Drawings, which do not require language ability, are thought to be useful for evaluating children with developmental disorders. In the future, we plan to conduct more detailed analysis on a greater number of subjects after standardizing conditions such as the sequence of tasks.departmental bulletin pape