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Relationships between the social environment and physical activity among older people in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K21316
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Applied health science
Sports science
Research InstitutionHokkaido Bunkyo University

Principal Investigator

Sasaki Sachiko  北海道文教大学, 人間科学部, 助教 (10612294)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Keywords身体活動 / ソーシャルキャピタル / 高齢者 / 地域 / 介護予防 / 社会環境 / 社会環境要因
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to promote the physical activity of the elderly, it is suggested the importance of efforts including environmental factors of the community as well as individual physical factors.In this study, we examined the social capital which is a community factor, and objectively evaluated physical among older people. We evaluated the daily physical activity level of older people l over 2 weeks using an accelerometer with acceleration sensor. In men, participants who said they can trust people in the area had significantly longer moderate to vigorous physical activity time than participants who can not trust people in the area.The association between social capital and physical activity might be influenced by sex

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] The association between social participation and cognitive function in community-dwelling older populations: Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study at Taisetsu community Hokkaido2017

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto A, Ukawa S, Okada E, Sasaki S, Zhao W, Kishi T, Kondo K, Tamakoshi A.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 10 Pages: 1131-1140

    • DOI

      10.1002/gps.4576

    • NAID

      120006523725

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A prospective cohort study of insomnia and chronic kidney disease in Japanese workers2017

    • Author(s)
      Sachiko Sasaki,Eiji Yoshioka; Yasuaki Saijo; Akira Bannai; Toshiko Kita; Akiko Tamakoshi; Reiko Kishi
    • Journal Title

      Sleep and Breathing

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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