Incidence of foot ploblems and disability in community-dwelling older people: a longitudinal study

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593491
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Takako Naka 千葉県立保健医療大学, 健康科学部, 助教 (90415498)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 疫学 / 地域在住高齢者 / 運動器障害 / 足部障害 / 足部痛 / 介護予防・支援技術 / Disabling Foot Pain / 前向きコホート研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A longitudinal study of randomized sample of community-dwelling adult was conducted for 4 years, and the prevalence and incidence of disabling foot pain (DFP) and foot pain were analyzed. As a result, the prevalence of foot pain was 22.5% and the prevalence rate of DFP was 19.6%, and the population-equivalent prevalence number of DFP reached 5.57 million in Japan. As a result of follow-up survey for 4 years, the foot pain incidence rate was 15.5% and DFP incidence rate was 3.5%. Risk factors for DFP were age, exercise habits, falling history, falling self-efficacy feeling, osteoporosis, gout, superficial sensory abnormalities, flat foot, concave foot.

Free Research Field

リハビリテーション科学・福祉工学