Hashimoto S, Aoki R, Tamakoshi A, Shibazaki S, Nagai M, Kawakami N, Ikari A, Ojima T, Ohno Y
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 1997 Oct;44(10):760-8.
In order to develop indices of social activities for the elderly, two surveys with 2 year intervals were conducted on the same 5,201 elderly subjects in four areas in Japan using a self-administered questionnaire. Social activities were defined as "activities which required contact with society" and were measured by 4 major facets of social activities, which were based on 21 questions relating to job activity, socially-plated activities, learning activities, and personal activities. The results were as follows; 1. The Wilcoxon scores in indices for 4 facets were given in sex and age groups. 2. Means of scores of indices increased with the degree of social activities from a subjective judgment. 3. Rank correlation coefficients between indices in two surveys were 0.60-0.71 for the persons whose answers were "no" to the question "did degrees of your activities change over the two years?" 4. Differences between indices in two surveys were higher in the persons with answers of "increase" to the above question than those with answers of "no", and were lower in those with answers of "decrease". These findings suggest that indices are available for assessing social activities as indicated by the reproducibility, validity and responsiveness found in this study.
为了制定老年人社会活动指数，在日本四个地区对5201名相同的老年人进行了间隔两年的两次调查，采用自填式问卷。社会活动被定义为“需要与社会接触的活动”，并通过社会活动的4个主要方面进行衡量，这些方面基于与工作活动、社交活动、学习活动和个人活动相关的21个问题。结果如下：1. 给出了4个方面指数的威尔科克森分数的性别和年龄组情况。2. 根据主观判断，指数得分的平均值随着社会活动程度的增加而增加。3. 对于回答“你的活动程度在这两年间有变化吗？”为“否”的人，两次调查中指数之间的等级相关系数为0.60 - 0.71。4. 对于上述问题回答“增加”的人，两次调查中指数的差异高于回答“否”的人，而回答“减少”的人差异较低。这些发现表明，本研究中发现的可重复性、有效性和反应性表明，这些指数可用于评估社会活动。
