Chimed-Ochir Odgerel, Ikaga Toshiharu, Ando Shintaro, Ishimaru Tomohiro, Kubo Tatsuhiko, Murakami Shuzo, Fujino Yoshihisa
Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Department of System Design Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Indoor Air. 2021 Jul;31(4):1029-1037. doi: 10.1111/ina.12819. Epub 2021 Mar 19.
This study examined the housing effect on quality of life among Japanese people. In the current cross-sectional study, we analyzed the 1-year of data (November 2015-March 2016) with 2533 participants. We used the Short Form-8 questionnaire, an 8-item instrument that measures general aspects of health-related QOL. Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency housing checklist which was developed by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was used to assess the housing aspects. This checklist has six health elements including thermal comfort, acoustic environment, lighting environment, hygiene, safety, and security for 8 distinctive rooms/places of home. Multilevel analysis was done to identify the relationship between the perceived level of housing problem and PCS and MCS by clustering by sex. Compared to those who always felt unsafe at home due to interior design problem, participants who never felt unsafe showed an average of 10.51 (95% CI = 7.69-13.34, p < 0.0001) and 5.78 (95% CI = 2.90-8.65, p < 0.0001) higher physical and mental component score (better quality of life), respectively. Those who never had thermal, acoustic, lighting, hygiene, and security problems of housing also exhibited significantly better quality of life compared to participants who felt these problems.
本研究调查了住房对日本人生活质量的影响。在当前的横断面研究中，我们分析了2533名参与者的1年数据（2015年11月至2016年3月）。我们使用了简短健康调查问卷（Short Form-8），这是一种8项指标的工具，用于测量与健康相关的生活质量的总体方面。我们使用了由国土交通省开发的建筑环境效率综合评估系统住房清单来评估住房方面。该清单有六个健康要素，包括家庭8个不同房间/场所的热舒适度、声学环境、照明环境、卫生、安全和安保。通过按性别聚类进行多水平分析，以确定住房问题感知水平与身体和心理综合得分之间的关系。与那些因室内设计问题在家中总是感到不安全的人相比，从未感到不安全的参与者的身体和心理综合得分分别平均高出10.51（95%置信区间=7.69-13.34，p<0.0001）和5.78（95%置信区间=2.90-8.65，p<0.0001）（生活质量更好）。与那些感到存在这些住房问题的参与者相比，那些从未有过热、声学、照明、卫生和安全住房问题的人也表现出明显更好的生活质量。
