Verification of the Effect of a Health Promotion Accommodation Program at Kobe Minato Hot Spring Lotus / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

  At Kobe Minato Hot Spring Lotus, a hot spring health promotion facility certified by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the effect of subjective evaluation and measurement of blood pressure and autonomic nerves before and after the intervention of the participants. We verified and aimed to build a hot spring utilization type health promotion accommodation type program that can contribute to the physical and mental improvement of participants by short-term accommodation. As a relaxation-based program, basic yoga, underwater exercise, healing yoga, morning yoga, wellness walking, sound healing, bedrock hot yoga, bathing, were carried out.   The survey target was recruited after obtaining approval for the use of the “Healthcare Development Citizen Supporter” at the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, and was recruited on 31 women participated in this program (age 53.4±7.3 years old, BMI 22.4±3.4). One week before and one week after the intervention, the Chalder’s fatigue survey was carried out by mail, and blood pressure and autonomic nerves were measured immediately before and immediately after the intervention. The effects were verified from two viewpoints of subjective evaluation and changes in mind and body by measuring autonomic nerves by blood pressure and ccvTP.  Before and after the intervention, systolic blood pressure (121.1±13.9 mmHg and　114.6±13.3 mmHg; p＝0.0101) decreased, and diastolic blood pressure (79.0±16.0 mmHg and　72.8±16.6 mmHg; p＝0.0027) also decreased. The overall fatigue (3.07±2.29 and　2.11±2.10; p＝0.0080) of the Chalder’s fatigue survey before and after the intervention was also reduced. No change in autonomic nerves due to ccvTP before and after the intervention was confirmed. In this survey, it was confirmed that Chalder’s fatigue was improved and blood pressure was improved, but the autonomic nerve was not improved. However, since blood pressure has been reported to be related to the autonomic nerves, it may improve the autonomic nerves after long-term stay and after home life, but further investigation is required.