Factors related to elderly individuals in need of assistance: Focusing on frailty and satisfaction with Activities of Daily Living

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the exploratory predictors of the occurrence of elderly persons in need of assistance and to investigate activities of daily living (ADL) satisfaction. We compared physical frailty (assessed using revised J-CHS criteria), mental and psychological frailty (GDS15), social frailty (NCGG-SGS), and independence and ADL satisfaction (BI, SSADL) among elderly individuals in need of support with healthy elderly individuals. Predictors of the occurrence of elderly persons in need of support were age, the revised J-CHS criteria, and the NCGG-SGS. Cutoff values indicating the need for support were determined to be 83.5 years of age, 1.5 items for the revised J-CHS criteria, and 1.5 items for the NCGG-SGS. Compared with healthy elderly individuals, those requiring support had lower ADL satisfaction. We believe the results of this study will help prevent the occurrence of elderly persons requiring support.