Influence of social isolation of Elderly on health outcomes and verification of a strategy for a comprehensive community support.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293156
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
• Principal Investigator: Fujiwara Yoshinori 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (50332367)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAITO MASASHIGE 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (70548768)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的孤立 / 地域包括ケア / 孤立予防 / 健康アウトカム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether emergency tracking device or “elderly monitoring key ring”, helped society isolated elderly people in emergencies. The results showed that socially isolated elderly people tend not to utilize these devices, and local support would be necessary to improve their situation. In addition we aimed to establish a causal relation model among social isolation and health outcomes using medical, psychological and social factors, to develop a social isolation index to predict health outcomes. This index could also be used to identify risk factors related to mental health and decrease mortality risk.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学