ISHII Akane, IKAGA Toshiharu, FUKUSHIMA Fujiko, TOMIOKA Yumi, MINE Tomosa, OHASHI Momoko
Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ), 89(817) 123-134, Mar 1, 2024
The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of winter indoor thermal environment on the health for Child-Rearing Age Women. Follow-up surveys on Residents' health and indoor thermal environment were conducted in winter(2015-2022) before, after and 5-6years after moving to houses with thermal insulation performance. Repeated measure analysis of variance showed that increased indoor temperature reduce the symptoms such as cough and phlegm, stuffy or runny nose, stiff shoulders, back pain, cold extremities, injury, and catching a cold. It also improved subjective sleep quality and subjective health status.