2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on local elderly people's traditional support network in Okinawa
| Project/Area Number |
19592573
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | University of the Ryukyus |
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Principal Investigator |
YOKOTA Takao University of the Ryukyus, 医学部, 教授 (80220557)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAIRA Kazuhiko 国立大学法人琉球大学, 観光産業科学部, 教授 (40039540)
TOYOSATO Takehiko 国立大学法人琉球大学, 医学部, 助教 (40452958)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 高齢者 / 主観的QOL / 唾液中ストレス関連物質 / free-MHPG / s-IgA |
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| Research Abstract |
The elderly people are under stressful circumstances in the biological, physical, psychological, and sociological aspects. Then, this study performed examination from the relation of the mental health of the local elderly people who participate in a local support service, and the stress related index in saliva. Finally, we examined local elderly people's well-being. The results suggest the importance of an integrated physical, social, and mental approach to maintaining and improving the social health of later stage elderly people.
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