Development in Positive Health Scales and Application to Community Elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number	10680044
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	体育学
Research Institution	Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Science
Principal Investigator	IWAI Koichi Ibaraki Prefectural University of Healty Sciences, Faculty of Medical Healty, Associate Professor (30167275)
Project Period (FY)	1998 – 2000
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000) Fiscal Year 2000: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 1999: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywords	health survey / health scale / elderly / 生活習慣 / 生活満足度 / 精神的健康
Research Abstract	It is generally accepted that there are significant relationships between lifestyle and health status. However, such relationships have not been well documented in the case of the Japanese elderly population. Data from the Ami Health Promotion for Elderly Survey (reexamination) were employed to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and health status from elderly community residents in the Ami Town, Ibaraki Prefecture.(2,010 from 2,906 persons ; 69.2%) I divided the subjects into an unwell group and a healthy group based on self-evaluated health status, and examined the effects of lifestyle on health. The persons who were having healthy lifestyle as which former research have maintained good health condition. Moreover, it is clarified that the state of social support, family relations, domestic roles, etc. influence to mental health.