肌着に対する高齢者の意識に関する研究

摘要

We are currently faced with a super-aged society. With the increase of senior citizens, our society will have many problems for them. The clothing issue is especially important. Because the body of senior citizens has a wide variety of shapes compared to the young people's body, their clothes will require diversity. However, the research on senior citizen's clothes is little.rnThen, we paid attention to the underwear which has many functions such as body protection and hygiene maintenance and so on. Therefore we performed the attitude survey to clarify the consciousness of senior citizens for their underwear.rnAs a result, following matters were revealed.rn1. About items of convenience such as washing and clothes maintenance etc., the elderly women had the higher consciousness than the elderly men.rn2. Urinary incontinence, obstacle of purchasing and body odor of elderly are unique and serious problems for elderly persons.rn3. Senior citizens are also interested in fashion and style.%現在我が国は，高齢化社会さらに高齢社会を超えて，極端に高齢者割合が高い超高齢社会を迎えている.高齢者が増えるに伴って解決しなければならない様々な問題が生じているが，中でも衣服に関係する問題は身近で重要である.しかし，高齢者の衣服に関する研究は少ない．そこで，本報告では,直接身体に触れて身体保護,衛生維持などの機能をもつ肌着に注目し，肌着に対する高齢者の意識を明らかにすることを目的とした聞き取り調査を行った．その結果，洗濯や衣服整理などの肌着の利便性に関して女性の方が男性よりも高い意識のあることがわかった．また，尿失禁，加齢臭，購買行動障害などの高齢者特有の問題があることもわかった．さらに，高齢者も若者と同様にファッションやスタイルに対して強い興味をもっていることがわかった．