The relationship between activity and ADLs decline in frail elderly people utilizing long-term care insurance

• Project/Area Number: 16K19258
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Epidemiology and preventive medicine
• Research Institution: University of Human Arts and Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Suzukawa Megumi 人間総合科学大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (10615694)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: 日常生活活動 / ADL / 要介護高齢者 / 活動量 / 活動量計 / 歩行 / 生活環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was to examine the risk factor of activities of daily living (ADL) decline in 187 elderly people who were certified in Japanese long-term care insurance. The multiple logistic regression model revealed that less number of steps per day and low applied walking ability (maximum timed up & go test) were significantly associated with ADLs decline.