Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to clarify the degree of pain of community-dwelling elderly people and its relationship with daily activity amounts and health-related quality of life. [Subjects] The subjects of the study were 30 elderly people. [Methods] The presence and region of the pain, the degree of pain, daily activity, instrumental activities of daily living, fear of falling, depression, and health-related quality of life were determined by a survey. [Results] The survey revealed that health-related quality of life declined with increasing pain. [Conclusion] These results suggest that in order to achieve improvements in the health-related quality of life of elderly people with pain, in addition to aiming to reduce the pain, it is important to use approaches not only addressing motor function and activities of daily living, but also psychological supports.
