Statistical Examination of Survey Data of Tama Frailty Preventive Project

doi:10.15344/2455-7498/2020/165

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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 6 (2020), Article ID 6:IJPTR-165, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2020/165

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Statistical Examination of Survey Data of Tama Frailty Preventive Project

Hatsue Saito^1,*, Mayuko Kimura¹, Hideki Nagayoshi², Kurara Tanaka², Daisuke Abe³, Tetsuya Iwamoto⁴, Susumu Ito^1,5 and Akira Maki^1,5,6

¹Wellness Research Centre, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan
²Department of Sport Education for Children, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan
³Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo Japan
⁴Department of Sport and Health Science, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan
⁵High-Tech Research Centre, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan
⁶Graduate School of Emergency Medical System, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan

Corresponding Author Details: Hatsue Saito, Wellness Research Centre, Kokushikan University, Tama-shi, Tokyo, 206-8515, Japan; E-mail: hsaito0706@gmail.com

Received: 07 July 2020; Accepted: 18 July 2020; Published: 20 July 2020

Citation: Saito H, Kimura M, Nagayoshi H, Tanaka K, Abe D, et al. (2020) Statistical Examination of Survey Data of Tama Frailty Preventive Project. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 6: 165. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2020/165

Copyright: © 2020 Saito et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Purpose: Frailty in elderly people is one of major medical problems in Japan. Early discovery of frailty and prevention of its progress are crucial issues in public health. Tama City, a suburban city in Tokyo, launched “Tama Frailty Prevention Project (TFPP)” in 2017. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the checklist about frailty used in TFPP.
Methods: Subjects were 631 elderly people (male: 193, female: 438; average age: 77.3±6.4 years old), living in Tama City, who participated in the meetings for evaluation of frailty held by TFPP. Correlation analysis and factor analysis were performed to the obtained data.
Results and Discussion: Factor analysis was applied to 7 major categories in the checklist. Categories related to social life such as "Healthy life", "Social participation", "Cognitive function" and "Vitality state" were extracted as factor 1. “Motor function” was extracted as factor 2 and categories related to dietary habit such as “Nutrition status” and “Oral function” was extracted as factor 3.

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