Abstract
We surveyed self-perceived physical health using the visual analog scale (VAS) among 54 elderly disabled people in a health care facility for the elderly, and studied the correlation between feelings of happiness, motor function, cognitive function and motivation. The result showed that the group showing high self-perceived physical health by VAS tended to indicate lower FIM cognitive function than the median group. Furthermore, only a low correlation was found between the self-perceived physical health by the PGC moral scale and VAS. From these results, self-perceived physical health by VAS of elderly disabled people, needs to be interpreted together with an objective assessment of cognitive function. Besides, it is presumed that the measurement of subjective feelings of physical health, as well as feelings of happiness, makes the setting of a concrete rehabilitation goal possible.
