Arao T, Oida Y, Nagamatsu T
Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Life Foundation of Health and Welfare.
Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 1998 May;45(5):396-406.
To examine the association of level of functional fitness to demographic, health, and life behavioral or social factors, cross sectional data were obtained for 737 persons aged 60 years or older, and who were independently living in the community. Functional fitness was measured with a functional fitness test containing 4 task items: standing, walking, hand performance, and self-care performance. Among the demographic factors, statistically significant associations with functional fitness were found for age in both male and female and for the presence of spouse in male. Health status, previous or present history of circulatory diseases and musculo-skeletal diseases were significantly associated with lower levels of functional fitness in male, and previous or present history of musculo-skeletal diseases and presence of higher obesity associated with lower fitness level in female. With life behaviors, men who had habitual exercise activities and women who had no habitual nap but habitual exercise activities and frequent out-of-home activities showed significantly higher fitness level than their counterparts. These results suggest that level of functional fitness in independently living aged people in the community was significantly associated with the presence of spouse, history of circulatory and musculo-skeletal diseases, and habitual exercise activities in males; and with the history of musculo-skeletal diseases, obesity, and habitual exercise activities, napping, and frequent out-of-home activities in females.
为研究功能体能水平与人口统计学、健康、生活行为或社会因素之间的关联，我们获取了737名60岁及以上且独立生活在社区中的老年人的横断面数据。功能体能通过包含4项任务的功能体能测试进行测量：站立、行走、手部功能和自我护理功能。在人口统计学因素中，发现男性和女性的年龄以及男性配偶的存在与功能体能存在统计学显著关联。健康状况、既往或当前的循环系统疾病和肌肉骨骼疾病史与男性较低的功能体能水平显著相关，既往或当前的肌肉骨骼疾病史以及较高的肥胖程度与女性较低的功能体能水平相关。在生活行为方面，有习惯性锻炼活动的男性以及没有习惯性午睡但有习惯性锻炼活动和频繁外出活动的女性，其体能水平显著高于同龄人。这些结果表明，社区中独立生活的老年人的功能体能水平与男性配偶的存在、循环系统和肌肉骨骼疾病史以及习惯性锻炼活动显著相关；与女性的肌肉骨骼疾病史、肥胖程度以及习惯性锻炼活动、午睡和频繁外出活动显著相关。
