重度心身障害児(者)の在宅介護者である母親の健康づくり支援の試み

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The state of health of mother caregivers influences not only the quality of caregiving at home but also the quality of life of their family. As the first step trial to support the making of health of the mother caregivers who takes care of children (persons) with severe physical and intellectual disabilities, therefore, we had physical and nutritional program and investigated the effects of the intervention on body composition, physical fitness and mental health. Nine mother caregivers (age: 47.5±0.8, body mass index: 25.6±1.9) were participated the lecture and exercise program, included aerobic dance and balance conditioning exercise and basic information on diet once a week for three months. As a result, physical activity increased, and balance of diet is improved, significant reductions were demonstrated in body fat percentage, girth of the abdomen and visceral fat area. Mental scores by GHQ30 were tendency to decrease. These results support that health program including exercise and lecture of diet was highly effective for maintain of physical and mental health for mother caregivers at home of children (persons) with severe physical and intellectual disabilities.
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