Nakaya Yuta, Horii Yugo, Tanimoto Kazuma
Department of Rehabilitation, Uwajima City Hospital Ehime Japan.
Academic Center, Uwajima City Hospital Ehime Japan.
Circ Rep. 2024 Sep 28;6(11):477-480. doi: 10.1253/circrep.CR-24-0097. eCollection 2024 Nov 8.
Ehime Prefecture has the highest heart failure mortality rate among men and women in Japan. Healthy life expectancy is low nationwide, which may be related to sarcopenia and frailty. Uwajima City contains a progresses aging of the population in the Ehime Prefecture. Therefore, preventing heart failure requires treatment and patient education not only for the underlying disease, but also for the complications associated with aging, such as sarcopenia and frailty. In 2020, we began working with the fitness club LocomoK.O to focus on prevention after the onset of disease and prevention before onset. We have commenced surveys of healthy older adults living in the community in Uwajima City, including the Short Physical Performance Battery, physical functions such as handgrip strength, and body composition assessment using in-body tests. The data showed that the rate of sarcopenia was extremely high, at 70% in patients with acute heart failure and 39% in the healthy older group, and that 24% of patients with acute heart failure had severe sarcopenia. Based on the collected data, we started health seminars in 2023 to educate citizens about the disease to prevent the onset and recurrence of heart disease, which is in line with the current situation in Uwajima City. We hope that our activities will help those struggling with local medical care.
爱媛县的心力衰竭死亡率在日本男女中最高。全国的健康预期寿命较低,这可能与肌肉减少症和身体虚弱有关。宇和岛市的人口老龄化在爱媛县较为严重。因此,预防心力衰竭不仅需要针对基础疾病进行治疗和患者教育,还需要针对与衰老相关的并发症,如肌肉减少症和身体虚弱。2020年,我们开始与健身俱乐部LocomoK.O合作,专注于疾病发作后的预防和发病前的预防。我们已经开始对宇和岛市社区中的健康老年人进行调查,包括简短体能状况量表、握力等身体功能以及使用人体成分分析仪进行身体成分评估。数据显示,肌肉减少症的发生率极高,急性心力衰竭患者中为70%,健康老年组中为39%,并且24%的急性心力衰竭患者患有严重肌肉减少症。基于收集到的数据,我们在2023年开始举办健康研讨会,向市民宣传该疾病,以预防心脏病的发作和复发,这与宇和岛市的现状相符。我们希望我们的活动能帮助那些在当地医疗中挣扎的人们。
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