| Budget Amount *help |
¥23,530,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,430,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥9,750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,250,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Among 202 community-dwelling elderly, 97 (48%) answered having specific daily activities to maintain their brain health. Participants with specific daily activities for brain health showed better performance in memory and processing speed tasks than those without. Older women with mild cognitive impairment (n = 56) who had routine gardening activities demonstrated increasing brain blood flow during verbal fluency tasks, while those without gardening activity showed fewer brain blood flow. The intervention effects of exercise and gardening activities on elderly subjects (n = 89) exhibiting depressive symptoms and mild memory loss were investigated. As a result of a simple comparison that refers to the Control Group, logical memory performance and the distance covered in a two-minute walk showed significant improvement in the Exercise Group. No items were observed showing significant improvements in the comparison between the Gardening Group and the Control Group.
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