Functional transitions and active life expectancy for older Japanese living in a community.

Are there education differentials in disability and mortality transitions and active life expectancy among Japanese older adults? Findings from a 10-year prospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the robust education-health association found in Western developed nations in the Japanese context. We examined disability and mortality transitions and computed active life expectancy (ALE) by educational attainment for a cohort of Japanese adults aged 65+ years. METHOD Nationally representative data from the Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging ove...

Active life expectancy based on activities of daily living for older people living in a rural community in Japan

Factors associated with the functional independence level in older adults

Introduction: Functional independence in old age refers to active presence in daily life. One of the best ways to evaluate the functional independence of elderly is assessing the level of activities. This study aims to determine the status of functional independence in performing instrumental and daily activities as well as its related factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was cond...

رابطه حمایت اجتماعی با وابستگی بین فردی و امید به زندگی زنان سالمند

Introduction: Due to the rapid increase in the number of elderly people, health issue, Provide health and welfare of their community and wider finds new dimensions every day. The main purpose of this research is to explain the relationship between social support and interpersonal dependency and life expectancy were elderly women. Materials and Methods: This study is descriptive and correlati...

A cohort study on the active life expectancy of stroke patients using a community-based stroke registry in a Japanese rural district.

In order to support patients with a history of stroke, public health nurses, hospitals and ambulance stations in and around the Oyabe Health District (49 000 population, rural area) provided initial information for a community-based stroke registry starting from 1966. This stroke registry was established by the present authors to record the patients' status and provide social services at home. ...