Yoshimitsu Koji, Tabira Takayuki, Kubota Masatomo, Ikeda Yuriko, Inoue Kazuhiro, Akasaki Yasuaki
Department of Basic Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Oct 26;10(1):512. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2836-x.
In Japan, the number of elderly individuals living alone is continuing to increase as society ages. Although studies have considered quality of life, life expectancy, and gender differences in elderly individuals living alone, only a few have considered the health and lifestyle of these individuals. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the factors that affect the self-rated health of elderly individuals living alone to understand this group and how best to offer them support.
We include 113 individuals. There was a significant difference (P < 0.05) in some characteristics (e.g., age, chronic illness, frequency of hospital visits in 1 month, and caregivers), activities of daily living (e.g., motor tasks), and instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., household affairs, heavy housework, outdoor household, and outdoor activities).
在日本,随着社会老龄化,独居老年人的数量持续增加。尽管已有研究探讨了独居老年人的生活质量、预期寿命和性别差异,但仅有少数研究关注了这些人群的健康状况和生活方式。因此,我们旨在调查影响独居老年人自评健康的因素,以了解这一群体,并确定如何为他们提供最佳支持。
我们纳入了113名个体。在一些特征(如年龄、慢性病、1个月内的就诊频率和照料者)、日常生活活动(如运动任务)以及工具性日常生活活动(如家务事、繁重家务、户外家务和户外活动)方面存在显著差异(P < 0.05)。