Publications by authors named "Kazuko Ishikawa"
Article Synopsis
- On January 1, 2024, a severe earthquake (intensity 7) hit the Noto Peninsula in Japan, leading to many injuries and displacements.
- The region has a high elderly population, with nearly half (49.5%) of its residents aged 65 and older.
- The case study examines a 68-year-old woman who developed aspiration pneumonia while at a welfare shelter, underscoring the difficulties in providing chronic medical care for elderly individuals during disasters.
Between May14 and 18, 2001, there was an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis involving 45 school children out of a total of 107 (aged 11-12 years) attending a 3-day school trip. The epidemic curve characterized by a rapid onset and decline with a single peak incidence over a 5-day period resembled the pattern typical of a food-borne gastroenteritis outbreak. Epidemiological and virological investigations concluded, however, that this outbreak was caused by a single strain of serotype G2 group A rotavirus spreading to schoolmates from the primary case-pupil who had already been ill at the start of the trip.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To ascertain the meaning and the influence of daily physical activity on QOL among the elderly, we surveyed their lifestyle exercise habits, cross-sectionally and longitudinally.
Methods: The subjects of this study were all residents living in a certain suburb of Nagoya-city, aged 63, 68, 73, 78, 83 years of age. They answered questionnaires regarding their exercise, physical activity, and QOL with six categories.