2022 Volume 7 Pages 65-78
【Purpose】 Each Japanese local government conducts a survey of needs in the daily living area for the purpose of utilizing it for the planning and evaluation of measures related to long-term care insurance. However, the analysis is limited to descriptive statistics, and it is hard to say that it is being fully utilized. Therefore, in this paper, we analyzed individual data from the 2016 daily living area survey in a municipality in Fukuoka Prefecture, and attempted to formulate a hypothesis for effective local public health activities.
【Subjects and methods】 The data used for the analysis were the 2016 daily living area survey of a municipality in Fukuoka Prefecture （2,157 subjects）. 55.4％ were women, 68％ were elderly less than 75 years old, 17.0％ lived alone, and 50.9％ were couples. The daily living area needs survey includes a basic checklist used by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to screen people eligible for prevention projects, and questionnaire items for the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence （TMIG-IC） developed by Koyano et al. In this study, we compared the average values for these items according to the characteristics of the elderly （sex, age group, family structure, employment status, economic status, housing status, social network status, hobbies, etc.）.
【Results and discussion】 As a result of the analysis, it was found that the degree of independence was significantly lower among males, older age groups, those living in public housing, those in severe economic situations, those with fewer social networks, and those without hobbies. In addition, although the elderly living alone were independent in the IADL, they tended to withdraw, and the degree of independence was low in many other items. This analysis showed that a detailed analysis of the daily living area needs survey can clarify the target group that needs support and make it possible to specifically consider the content of support.
【Conclusion】 A detailed analysis of the daily living area needs survey will enable us to clarify the target group that needs support and to consider the details of the support.
