Prediction of fall using TUG manual for community living elderly

• Project/Area Number: 25870528
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering; Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAHARA Kazumi 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 助教 (00439572)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: TUG manual / 転倒予測 / 転倒リスク / MCI / 認知機能障害 / Timed Up &Go manual テスト / 介護予防

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We targeted the primary preventive project persons who did not exercise intervention and those who required support for support. We also examined the possibility of predicting falls using the TUG manual of elderly residents living in the area with various body / cognitive function levels in a prospective study for 6 months. As a result, the measured value of TUG manual and the value of ⊿TUG which is the difference between TUG manual and TUG were not significantly related to the occurrence of falls, and it was shown that the prediction of fall was impossible in TUG manual.