慢性呼吸器疾患の温泉療法 ―遠隔地医療の最近の動向―

1995年1月から6月までの半年間に当院へ入院し,温泉療法を受けた慢性呼吸器疾患患者77例について,その地域分布を中心に最近の動向を検討した1.77例中鳥取県内から来院した患者は28例(36.4%)であった｡一方,遠隔地(鳥取県外)からの患者は49例(63.6%)であり,遠隔地から入院してくる患者が増加する傾向か見られた｡2.遠隔地からの入院患者では,兵庫県からの12例(15.6%)が最も多く,次で岡山県8例(10.4%),大阪府7例(9.1%),山口 県5例(6.5%)の順であった｡3.入院患者の年齢分布では,鳥取県内の患者では70才以上の症例が最も多く,次で60-69才の年齢層の順であったが,遠隔地からの患者では,60-69才が最も多く,次で50-59才,40-49才の順であり,鳥取県内に比べ年齢層がやや低い傾向か見られた｡4.慢性呼吸器疾患のうちわけは,気管支喘息が62例と最も多く,全体の80.5%を占め,次で慢性閉塞性細気管支炎6例,肺気腫4例,慢性気管支炎3例の順であった｡

Areas (prefecture) where patients came and patient age were analyzed in 77 patients with respiratory disease who had been admitted at our hospital to have spa therapy during 6 months from January to June in 1995. Of 77 patients, 28 subjects (36.4%) were patients who lived inside Tottori prefecture, and 49 (63.6%) were outside Tottori prefecture (distant area). This suggest that the number of patients from distant area has been increasing. The numbers of patients from Hyogo prefecture (12 subjects ; 15.6%), Okayama (8 ; 10.4%), Osaka (7 ; 9.1%) and Yamaguchi (5 ; 6.5%) were larger than those from other prefectures. Regarding patient age, the numbers of patients over the age of 70 and those aged between 50 and 69 were larger in patients inside Tottori prefecture compared to other age group. In contrast, the numbers of patients aged between 60 and 69, between 50-59, and between 40 and 49 were larger in patients from distant areas than the numbers of other age groups, suggesting mean age of patients from distant areas was lower than that of patients inside Tottori prefecture. The number of patients with bronchial asthma was largest (62 subjects ; 80.5%) among different respiratory diseases.