2017 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 12-19
Aim: To investigate social activity and related factors among community-dwelling frail elders, leading to healthy longevity.
Method: A cross-sectional study via mail was performed in A City in Japan among community-dwelling frail elders. Data were collected on demographic characteristics, individual factors including sex, age, subjective well-being, household, medical history, and functioning, and environmental factors including the comprehensive environmental questionnaire, social resources of health information, as independent variables, and social activities as the dependent variable.
Results: The response number（rate）was 165（55.0%）, of whom 64.3% were female and mean age ±SD was 75.9±6.2 years old. The mean scores of social activities were 12.3±3.8（range: 6.0-18.0）. The multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the score of social activities significantly correlated with life management（β=0.547, p<0.05）, information and communication technology（β=0.398, p<0.05）and social information ability（β=0.697, p<0.05）.
Conclusions:To promote social activities among community-dwelling frail elders, community health care system including individual support and community development is needed in the future.
