Development of a fall risk platform focusing on the movement assistance function of furniture in the paths used in daily living at the patient's home

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K24236
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Osaka Metropolitan University (2022); Osaka Prefecture University (2019-2021)
• Principal Investigator: Ueda Tetsuya 大阪公立大学, 大学院リハビリテーション学研究科, 助教 (00844242)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 転倒予防

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we focused on the movement assistance function of the furniture in the paths used in daily living. However, the number of falls among the discharged patients was less than expected, and we were unable to examine details focusing on furniture. Therefore, as an alternative, because it was not possible to recollect data from the discharged patients due to COVID19, we analyzed the older community-dwelling people for the same purpose. As a result, there was no significant relationship between the furniture in the paths used in daily living and the occurrence of the falls.

Free Research Field

住環境整備

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生活動線内にある家具・建具の移動介助的機能に着目して研究を遂行し、地域在住高齢者においては転倒発生と有意な関連性は認められなかった。しかしながら、本研究結果は、転倒が最も多い居室を含めた生活動線内での転倒発生に関する成果であり、学術的に新規性もあり意義深いと考える。今後の研究においては、今回行ったアンケート結果による情報収集だけでなく、実際の住宅場面で情報収集をしていく必要があると考えており、引き続き検討を行っていく。