2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A follow-up study on the way of offering services to prevent elderly people's progression of their disabilities
| Project/Area Number |
20592645
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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 | Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare |
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Principal Investigator |
MITOKU Kazuko 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学部, 教授 (60351954)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
FUJITA Tosiharu 統計数理研究所, 大学共同利用機関等の部局, 教授 (30175575)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 要介護(支援)高齢者 / 追跡調査 / 介護度の変化 / 死亡 / ハザード比 |
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| Research Abstract |
The initial survey was conducted on the 2338 elderly people requiring long-term care support, living in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, between April 2003 and December 2004. The survey focused on the baseline subjects 'situation of certified nursing-care insurance, reception of the services and households and care givers at the start of the research. The follow-up survey, whose average follow-up period is 5.7 years, was conducted on the subjects' situation of certified nursing-care insurance, reception of the services and information on their outcome. Using the acquired information, we clarifies the correlation between the following variables such as sex, age, situation of long-term care support, ADL・IADL, disorders(including cerebrovascular disease, dementia, cancer, heart disease, bone fracture), residential place, family composition and the situation of care givers and the following changes of their situation of long-term care support and death.
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