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Measurement of the Quality of Life of Elderly People and Construction of Summary QOL Indices

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09680309
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Statistical science
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

SAITO Takayuki  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Social Science and Technology, Professor, 社会理工学研究科, 教授 (70113561)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KAWAI Makoto  Showa University, Department of Psychiatry, Instructor, 医学部, 講師 (30138474)
YUKIHIRO Ryoji  Kyoyto Gakuen University, Department of Humanities, Instructor, 人間文化学部, 講師 (60240628)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywordsactivity of daily living / clinical data / dementia / elderly people / index construction / multivariate analysis / quality of life / therapeutic approaches ES Research Report, Series J. No. 6, 1-27, 2000 / 老人病棟 / 知的退行
Research Abstract

The Japanese society is aging rapidly. People of ages over 65 years shares 17 percent of the total population in 1999 and the share will increase. It is a serious problem how to keep or improve the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people. We aim to measure the QOL and develop composite indices to represent it.
For the purpose we investigate structures to represent the QOL of old demented patients by analyzing clinical data obtained in a ward. We deal with the objective QOL on the basis of clinical data which indicate the attitudes and ways of behavior in their daily life in the ward. We design three sets of measurement items which are considered closely related to one other. The first set consists of nine items about QOL, the second of nine items about the activities of daily living (ADL), and the third of a single item to assess the intellectual level on a dementia scale.
Multivariate analysis is performed for the data, and thus the spatial and the cluster structures of the nineteen items are obtained. The results are interpreted from a medical point of view, and new findings are presented on the correlated structure of the items. On the basis of those findings, we construct some indices to comprehend the QOL, which will serve for assessment, non-medical care and medical study. Furthermore, evaluation of therapeutic approaches are provided in a close connection with the QOL research. Lastly, we discuss the significance and the limitations of our findings, and examine the validity and the reliability of our study.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸,河合眞: "痴呆老人病棟における治療的働きかけの効果の検討-探索的研究"VALDES Research Report, Series J. 4. 1-21 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸,河合眞,行廣隆次: "痴呆老人病棟におけるQOLの構造分析"VALDES Research Report, Series J. 6. 1-27 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Saito, T. & Kawai, J.: "Evaluation of Therapeutic Approaches in a Ward for Old Demented People - an Explorative Study (in Japanese)"VALDES Research Report, Series J. 4. 1-21 (19999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Saito, T., Kawai, J. & Yukihiro, R.: "Structure Analysis of the QOL in a Ward for Old Demented people ( in Japanese)"VALDES Research Report, Series J. 6. 1-27 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸,河合眞,行廣隆次: "痴呆老人病棟患者のQOLの構造分析--治療的働きかけの効果"日本行動計量学会第25回大会発表論文集. 189-190 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸,河合眞: "痴呆老人病棟における治療的働きかけの効果の検討-探索的研究"VALDES Research Report,Series J. 4. 1-21 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸,河合眞,行廣隆次: "痴呆老人病棟におけるQOLの構造分析"VALDES Research Report,Series J. 6. 1-27 (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 河合眞: "特別養護老人ホームにおけるADL,QOLの構造分析(1)" 第26回日本行動計量学会発表論文抄録集. 256-257 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 齋藤堯幸: "特別養護老人ホームにおけるADL,QOLの構造分析(2)" 第26回日本行動計量学会発表論文抄録集. 258-259 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

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