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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The study on cooking works as physical activity to lead a healthy life and the environment for elderly in daily life

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14580129
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
Research InstitutionKyoto Notre Dame University

Principal Investigator

TAKEHARA Hiromi  Kyoto Notredame University, associated professor, 人間文化学部, 助教授 (20298706)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Keywordselderly / kitchen / physical activity / cooking / figure / foot pressure
Research Abstract

I planed two studies in order to grasp the factors of the comfortable and healthy life for the elderly.
1. The survey on the actual conditions of daily physical activity on the elderly
This study aimed to elucidate the characteristics of physical functions involved in the daily activities of elderly people. I measured the volume of activity undertaken by elderly people in order to investigate how they spend their daily lives and how much energy they utilize on daily activities. I also evaluated the factors related to increased volume of activity. In addition, I conducted a similar study of middle-aged persons, for comparison with the elderly, in order to understand activity characteristics particular to the elderly.
The results are as follw ;
This study demonstrates that the center of activity for elderly people is indoors, and that cooking is a major factor among all housework activities that functions toward increasing the total volume of activity. In the future, it will be necessary to improve the environment in which elderly people are able to cook safely, since cooking was shown to be the daily activity that helps maintain physical functions.
2.The survey on the physical influence of the cooking work and environment on the elderly
This study focused on kitchen work, which is one of the IADL indicators and the most influential to the amount of activities in daily life of all kinds of housework. I surveyed the actual conditions of kitchen works done by the elderly as a basic research for grasping their physical functioning and also collected data of the middle-aged to compare to the elderly aimed at making their features more clear.
The results are as follw ;
As for the elderly, the more frequently they shifted their weight, the higher their heart rate increased. While cooking, the characteristic figures of the elderly were that in which they did the works with the knees extended. And the elderly often did kitchen works by holding something to support the body.

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2004 2003 2002 2000

All Journal Article (10 results)

  • [Journal Article] 高齢者の台所作業時の動作特徴と台所空間に関する研究2004

    • Author(s)
      竹原広実
    • Journal Title

      平成16年度日本家政学会関西支部大会講演論文集

      Pages: 32

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 高齢者の台所作業時の動作特徴と身体負荷に関する研究-中年者との比較2004

    • Author(s)
      竹原広実
    • Journal Title

      平成16年度日本人間工学会関西支部大会講演論文集

      Pages: 88-89

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The survey on the physical influence of the cooking work and the environment on elderly2004

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Research and Practitioners' Paper Abstracts, The 20th world congress of international federation for home economics

      Pages: 130

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The study on the motion features and physical stress of the cooking work on the elderly - the difference from the middle-aged -2004

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Japan ergonomics society kansai branch

      Pages: 88-89

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Survey on the Actual Conditions of Daily Physical Activity on the Elderly -The Difference from the Middle-Aged-2003

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan 8

      Pages: 1159

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Volume of Physical Activities of Daily Living in Elderly -Volume of Housework Activity-2003

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan 8

      Pages: 1160

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Survey of the Actual Conditions of Daily Physical Activity on the Elderly - The Difference from the Middle-Aged -2003

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society vol.8

      Pages: 1159

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 高齢者の日常行動と身体活動量に関する研究2002

    • Author(s)
      竹原広実
    • Journal Title

      日本人間工学会第43回大会講演論文集 38

      Pages: 260-261

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Survey of daily physical activity on elderly2002

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Jornal Ergonomice 38

      Pages: 260-261

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Volume of Physical Activities of Daily Living in Elderly - Volume of Housework Activity -2000

    • Author(s)
      TAKEHARA Hiromi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society 8

      Pages: 1160

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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