2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study about the association between objectively-evaluated physical activity and medical expenses in a local community
| Project/Area Number |
16K08853
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
荒川 一郎 帝京平成大学, 薬学部, 教授 (80599754)
鵜川 重和 大阪市立大学, 大学院生活科学研究科, 准教授 (40706751)
玉腰 暁子 北海道大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (90236737)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 医療費 / 身体活動量 / 歯科保健 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study was conducted with the inhabitants of a town in Hokkaido, which had a population of approximately 3,000 people in 2015. The relationships of health status, lifestyle, and level of physical activity with medical expenses were analyzed to investigate the future medical expense burden of this population. It was initially intended for the analysis to be performed using medical expense data for at least three years from 2015. However, medical expense data could only be obtained for two years, and no relationships were found between the medical expense trend and level of physical activity, determined using an activity level meter and GPAQ questionnaire. When increases and decreases in medical expenses and the number of disease cases were investigated for this two-year period, in the group of young and middle-aged people with medical cost increases, numerous cases of gingivitis and periodontal disease were evident, suggesting the importance of dental health care.
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| Free Research Field |
社会医学、公衆衛生学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は当初、身体活動量と医療費の関連について分析を行うことで、集団の活動と将来的な医療費負担の変化を探ることを目的として研究を開始した。しかし、短期間（2年分）の医療費データしか得られず、身体活動量と、医療費の傾向の関係性を見出すことが出来なかった。そこで、短期的な医療費の増減と疾患件数を調べたところ、若年・中年者の医療費増加群で、歯肉炎及び歯周疾患の件数が、調査した集団で多い傾向が見られた。短期的な傾向ではあるものの、医療費節減の観点から歯科保健分野におけるケアの重要性が示唆された。運動習慣などの生活習慣の医療費への影響を見出すためには、更なる長期的に継続した研究が必要である。
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