快適な病衣に関する研究(その1)―発汗の実態と発汗量―

Abstract

入院患者を対象として、発汗時における病衣の着用感についての実態調査を行い，さらに身体の部位別発汗量の測定を行った。本研究で調査した病院では，夏季に病室内の至適温度を上回る場合もあった。患者は発汗時にむれ感やぬれ感を訴えており発汗による不快感を軽減できる病衣の開発を要望していることが明らかになった。発汗量は胸部正中部ならびに背部正中部に多く認められた。また，連続着用した場合，2日目以降に汗中の塩素イオン量の急激な増加が認められたことから，病衣の適切な交換時期を示唆した。 We did research on the actual condition to the inpatients about the feel that wore patient clothes at the time of the perspiration. There was a case that it was higher than comfortable temperature in the sickroom of summer. Patients have a feeling whose humidity inside the clothes is high at the time of the perspiration, and a feeling that clothes were wet. Furthermore, we found out that patients wanted the clothes, which reduced an unpleasant feeling caused by the perspiration. We measured the amount of perspiration of each physical department place. There are many amounts of perspiration in the proper central part of the chest and the back part. When clothes were worn continuously, the amounts of chlorine ion increased rapidly after the second day. We suggested that you should change patient clothes within two days.