Satake S, Kinoshita K, Arai H
Shosuke Satake, MD, PhD, Section of Frailty Prevention, Department of Frailty Research, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 7-430, Morioka-cho, Obu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan, Phone: +81-562-46-2311, FAX: +81-562-44-8518, e-mail address:
J Nutr Health Aging. 2021;25(4):516-519. doi: 10.1007/s12603-021-1598-2.
The aim of this study was to examine whether older users of information and communicative technology (ICT) participate in active behaviors, such as voluntary exercise, to maintain health, even under community containment to suppress the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Cross-sectional study.
Community setting.
Independent community-dwelling older residents aged ≥75 years.
The municipality sent the Kihon Checklist (KCL) and Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) with several questions on lifestyle and health conditions under social restriction.
Among 3199 responders (72.1%), we analyzed the data of 2304 residents who provided complete answers to the KCL and SNAQ and on ICT use, voluntary exercise, polypharmacy, and families. The mean age was 79.7 years (51.3% male). The percentages of frailty assessed by the KCL, voluntary exercise, and low SNAQ scores (≤14) were 16.0%, 61.4%, and 43.8% in 808 ICT users and 30.3%, 47.2%, and 54.1% in 1496 ICT non-users, respectively (p<0.001). ICT use was significantly associated with voluntary exercise even during social restriction, independent of age, sex, polypharmacy, low SNAQ scores, and frailty status (odds ratio, 1.503; 95% confidential interval, 1.246-1.813).
Older ICT users are more active to maintain health even during social restriction, independent of frailty status.
本研究旨在探讨信息与通信技术（ICT）的老年用户是否会参与诸如自愿锻炼等积极行为以维持健康，即便处于社区防控措施之下以抑制2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行。
横断面研究。
社区环境。
年龄≥75岁的独立居住在社区的老年居民。
市政府发送了基础检查表（KCL）和简化营养食欲问卷（SNAQ），其中包含有关社会限制下生活方式和健康状况的若干问题。
在3199名应答者（72.1%）中，我们分析了2304名居民的数据，这些居民对KCL、SNAQ以及ICT使用、自愿锻炼、多重用药和家庭情况提供了完整答案。平均年龄为79.7岁（男性占51.3%）。在808名ICT用户中，通过KCL评估的虚弱、自愿锻炼以及SNAQ低分（≤14）的比例分别为16.0%、61.4%和43.8%，而在1496名非ICT用户中分别为30.3%、47.2%和54.1%（p<0.001）。即使在社会限制期间，ICT使用与自愿锻炼也显著相关，且不受年龄、性别、多重用药、SNAQ低分和虚弱状态的影响（优势比，1.503；95%置信区间，1.246 - 1.813）。
即使在社会限制期间，老年ICT用户在维持健康方面更为积极，且与虚弱状态无关。
