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Questionnaire Survey of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Workers in 2016 on Knowledge and Anxiety About Radiation
- Source :
- Journal of UOEH. 42:339-346
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, 2020.
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Abstract
- The results of a survey of radiation workers suggest that they are worried about the effects of radiation exposure on health, and approximately 30% of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) workers have anxiety. This questionnaire survey reveals that the higher the frequency of radiation education, the higher the knowledge of radiation the workers will have, and that the higher the level of knowledge, the lower the anxiety. To reduce anxiety, it is important to increase knowledge about radiation through radiation education. However, even those workers who had radiation education several times still had anxiety. According to the Ordinance on the Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards, the time spent on education about the effects of radiation on the human body is only about 30 minutes. This education is not enough to reduce anxiety. FDNPP workers needed more effective education to increase their knowledge and to reduce their anxiety.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Medical surveillance
Time Factors
Adolescent
Anxiety
Occupational safety and health
law.invention
Young Adult
Japan
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Nuclear power plant
medicine
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Humans
Workplace
Health Education
Occupational Health
Aged
business.industry
Age Factors
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Questionnaire
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Radiation Exposure
Radiation exposure
Knowledge
Fukushima daiichi
Nuclear Power Plants
Female
medicine.symptom
Radiation protection
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21872864 and 0387821X
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of UOEH
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f23a16d6b75cf36e485d134b6c4c8055