Proposing a questionnaire to evaluate self-actualization of older persons and identifying factors associated with their self-actualization

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460805
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: YASUDA NOBUFUMI 高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系連携医学部門, 教授 (30240899)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYANO ICHIRO 高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系連携医学部門, 講師 (00437740)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 介護保険 / 介護予防 / 自己実現 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We proposed a questionnaire to assess both subjective and objective domains of self-actualization; the subjective domain was measured by subjective health status, and the objective domain was assessed in terms of physical, cognitive and social functioning. The predictive validity of the questionnaire was examined on the basis of longitudinal associations between self-actualization state defined by the questionnaire and survival without long-term care needs after 3.1 years among 840 community-dwelling older persons. In addition to not being self-actualized in either domain, being self-actualized in either domain alone was associated with decreased odds of survival without long-term care needs in comparison with being self-actualized in both domains. In order to transfer the benefits of self-actualization to favorable health outcomes, older persons should be what they would like to be in both subjective and objective domains.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学