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Perception of the health of second-generation atomic bomb survivors
1 Division of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Radiation and Environmental Health Effects, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Science
2 Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
3 Division of Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
4 Division of Strategic Collaborative Research, Center for Promotion of Collaborative Research and Environment Health Effects, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
5 Nagasaki Nursing Association
6 Institute of Biomedical Sciences Health Sciences, Nagasaki University
7 Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
8 Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University
9 Nagasaki University Hospital
10 Department of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
11 Office of Director for Radiation Health Management, Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan
12 Division of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Radioisotope Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
13 Department of Global Health Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
2 Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
3 Division of Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
4 Division of Strategic Collaborative Research, Center for Promotion of Collaborative Research and Environment Health Effects, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
5 Nagasaki Nursing Association
6 Institute of Biomedical Sciences Health Sciences, Nagasaki University
7 Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
8 Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University
9 Nagasaki University Hospital
10 Department of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
11 Office of Director for Radiation Health Management, Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan
12 Division of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Radioisotope Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
13 Department of Global Health Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University
Key words : second-generation atomic bomb survivors, health anxiety, self-rated health
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.