Development of health promotion program for elderly people living alone

制定独居老人健康促进计划

基本信息

批准号：
16592190
负责人：
TADAKA Etsuko
金额：
$ 2.24万
依托单位：
The University of Tokyo
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2004 至 2005
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

The 2004 research purpose was to clarify the meaning of independence in the elderly living alone in rural community. The subjects were 16 elders living alone and 10 professions in a rural area. The method was micro-ethnography. As a result, two meanings of independence in the elderly living alone in the rural community ; <maintaining of own dignity> and, <living together the culture of rural community> were detected. And moreover, the former includes "The self decision-making", "The self-help effort to maintain the living alone", and "The vitality enough for living alone", and the latter includes "Dignity to the rural community culture" and "Adaptation to the rural natural environment". It is necessary for health promotion of elders living alone in the rural community to understand their cultural meanings.The 2005 research purpose was to investigate prevalence of depressive state and clarify the related factors among the elderly living alone in urban community. The subjects were 250 elders living alone in Tokyo. The method was the mail survey with unsigned and self-writing questionnaires. The contents of the questionnaires were demographic data, depressive state (GDS-15), The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology index of competence, social networks, number of the health medical welfare service, outing frequency, and so on. As a result, the prevalence of depressive state was 43.6%, and a period of living alone, a degree of long-term care need, and social networks were significantly related to the depressive state. It is necessary for the elderly living alone in urban area to support their mental health and social networks.

2004年的研究目的是阐明独立于农村社区的老年人独立的意义。这些受试者是16个独自生活的长老和在农村地区的10个职业。该方法是微人志。结果，在农村社区中独自生活的老年人中有两种独立含义。 <维持自己的尊严>和，<<一起生活了农村社区的文化>。此外，前者包括“自我决策”，“保持独自生活的自助努力”和“足以独自生活的活力”，后者包括“对农村社区文化的尊严”和“适应农村自然环境”。有必要促进在农村社区中独自生活的长者来了解其文化含义。2005年的研究目的是研究抑郁状态的流行，并阐明城市社区中的老年人单独生活的相关因素。这些受试者是250名长辈，独自生活在东京。该方法是邮件调查，并带有未签名和自我编写的问卷。问卷的内容是人口统计数据，抑郁状态（GDS-15），东京都会大都会学院能力，社交网络，健康医疗福利服务的数量，郊游频率等。结果，抑郁状态的患病率为43.6％，独自生活，一定程度的长期护理需求和社交网络与抑郁状态显着相关。独自生活在市区的老年人有必要支持其心理健康和社交网络。