Graduate School of Health and Science, Kibi International University, Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan.
Nurs Health Sci. 2012 Mar;14(1):52-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00663.x. Epub 2012 Jan 30.
This study was performed to investigate the relationship between mental state (especially flow experience [Flow Experience Checklist of Ishimura]) health-related quality of life (Medical Outcome Study 8-Item Short-Form Health Survey), and stress (salivary amylase concentrations). The subjects were 119 healthy elderly persons living in rural areas who participated in a "meeting for the elderly" at a nursing home in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The subjects were classified into apathetic, anxious, relaxed, and flow groups. It was found that physical health was significantly better when performing important daily activities in the group who experienced flow and the relaxed group than in the group that was in an apathetic state. However, no significant relationship was observed between the degree of flow experience and stress. The present findings suggested that interventions which make the activities of daily life either "high-challenge, high-skill" situations or "low-challenge, high-skill" situations could have a positive influence on the physical health of community-living elderly Japanese. A longitudinal study should be performed in the future.
本研究旨在探讨心理状态（特别是流动体验[石村流动体验检查表]）与健康相关的生活质量（医疗结局研究 8 项简短健康调查）和压力（唾液淀粉酶浓度）之间的关系。研究对象为日本香川县养老院“老年人聚会”中 119 名居住在农村地区的健康老年人。将研究对象分为冷漠、焦虑、放松和流动组。研究发现，在经历流动和放松的组中，与处于冷漠状态的组相比，在进行重要的日常活动时，身体健康状况明显更好。然而，在流动体验的程度和压力之间没有观察到显著的关系。本研究结果表明，使日常生活活动处于“高挑战、高技能”或“低挑战、高技能”状态的干预措施可能会对日本社区居住的老年人的身体健康产生积极影响。未来应进行纵向研究。
