Longitudinal study for social welfare to prevent dementia with a psychosocial focus

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22330172
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Seijoh University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEDA TOKUNORI 星城大学, リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (60363769)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KONDO Katsunori 千葉大学, 予防医学センター, 教授 (20298558) ; MURATA Chiyoe 独立行政法人国立長寿医療研究センター, 老年社会科学研究部・社会参加・社会支援研究室, 室長 (40402250) ; OJIMA Tosiyuki 浜松医科大学, 健康社会医学講座, 教授 (50275674) ; MISAWA Zinpei 立教大学, 社会学部, 助教 (80612928) ; HIRAI Hiroshi 日本福祉大学, 健康社会研究センター, 主任研究員 (20387749)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者福祉 / 介護予防 / 認知症予防 / 心理社会的因子 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the psychosocial risks of dementia onset with large-scale cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
(1) A theoretical study was performed to examine social determinants of health considered important for long-term care prevention and dementia prevention.(2) In cross-sectional analysis on the relationship between depression and hobbies, more subjects without depression were involved in sports and sightseeing hobbies while more subjects with depression or a tendency towards depression were involved in pachinko (pinball gambling game) or shogi/go (Japanese chess/checkers). (3) Longitudinal analysis revealed a relationship between dementia onset and social support, depression, health behaviors, and intellectual activities as individual characteristics and the ratio of those walking for at least 30 minutes as a community characteristic. It may be useful to focus on these activities for preventing dementia.

Free Research Field

高齢者健康支援学