Development and verification of the usefulness of a social activity scale for community-dwelling older adults requiring support

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463548
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Hirano Michiyo 北海道大学, 保健科学研究院, 准教授 (50466447)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 佐伯 和子 北海道大学, 医学部, 教授 (20264541) ; 上田 泉 札幌医科大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (90431311)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 要支援高齢者 / 社会活動 / 尺度開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An interview survey was conducted to assess the social activities of older men who require daily support and the purpose of these activities. As a result, four categories of social activities were identified, and five categories of purposes of the social activities were extracted. Based on these qualitative results, a social activity scale for older men requiring support was developed. The previously developed social activity scale for older women requiring support was integrated with the scale developed in this study. As a result, a social activity scale for older adults requiring support useful for long-term care service, was developed.

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公衆衛生看護学