Development of the cross sectional method and longitudinal method to evaluate the activity level in daily life in the elderly persons of different ambulatory abilities

• Project/Area Number: 23500790
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: NODA MIHOKO 弘前大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (50142881)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KIDA Kazuyuki 弘前大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 教授 (60106846)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 心拍数 / 活動水準 / 日常生活 / 高齢者 / 移動能力 / 社会医学 / 健康増進 / 介護予防 / リハビリテーション / TEBP法 / 横断的研究 / 縦断的研究 / 日常生活活動水準

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Although we stayed at the level of basic study in our research for the development of cross sectional method and longitudinal method to evaluate the activity level in daily life of the elderly persons of different ambulatory abilities, we could make sure the usefulness of ActiHR (Mini Mitter Co.) with which we measured heart rate. And we could also make sure that the Total Excess-Beats Product (TEBP) which is calculated using night-sleeping heart rate as a basal heart rate would be better in order to know the activity level clearly, even though the total heart rate is also possible to compare the indivisual activity level. From these results we strengthend the confidence that the TEBP method must be used in the comparison of the activity level for the elderly persons of different ambulatory abilities.