The effect of water exercise as health promotion activity for elderly people in "Satoyama" area

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24500825
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Nagano College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: NASU Yutaka 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 名誉教授 (50020839)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OTA Katsuya 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60295798) ; MIDORI Watanabe 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60293479) ; CHIBA Mayumi 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (20336621) ; HOSODA Emi 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (10290123) ; MIYAKOSHI Sachiyo 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (00269565) ; NAKAHATA Chikako 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (60438174) ; SAKAI Kumiko 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (90347378) ; FUJIHARA Satoko 長野県看護大学, 看護学部 (00285967) ; 山田 裕子 (MIKOSHIBA Yuko) 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (00315847) ; 池上 千賀子 (SONE Chikako) 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40336623) ; 江頭 有夏 (MATSUZAWA Yuka) 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (30436894) ; MORINO Atsuki 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (00586969) ; ARUGA Tomoya 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (10708069)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): AKIYAMA Takeshi 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (20579817) ; USHIYAMA Yosuke 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助手 (30737698) ; KITAYAMA Akio 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (70214822) ; MURAI Fumi 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (00731241) ; NAKABAYASHI Akiko 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助手 (30615638) ; SHIMOMURA Satoko 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助手 (00554651)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 水中運動 / ヘルスプロモーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1）The water exercise classes have been held 103 days totally during 2012 and 2014, including 31 times of 1-class-day and 72 times of 3-class-day, and the number of total attendants was about 5000 persons. 　2）All data were analyzed about the activities of 14 years, and several articles were published. 3）At the end of every year measurement meeting was held to the attendants of class and other elderly people living around Komagane City, and in this meeting, bone density measurement, questionary survey using health scale, examination of cognitive function, and the measurement of knee extension muscular strength were made. Analyzing these prospective data, the effect of water exercise was determined. 4）As the tool of nursing education in the field of gerontological nursing and qualified class of dementia nursing, attending the water exercise class was shown to be very effective for the students.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学