The effect of support program using color message on prevention of frailty.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15791
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Honda Ikumi 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 教授 (30273204)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 宮崎 つた子 三重県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (30314115)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 看護学 / 高齢者 / 老化予防 / フレイル / 色彩

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a health support program using color message on prevention of frailty for elderly. The subjects were 75 years or older living in an urban community. We conducted a health program on healthy life (physical activity, nutrition intake, social exchanges) for the elderly in community activities. As a result of program participants after 12 months, more than half of them were had weight loss. Furthermore, an abdominal girth, a nutrition intake and physical activity amount were decreased, degree of life fatigue were increased. As a program for the prevention of Frailty for the elderly, it is important to support health life and it was a future task.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学