Does neighborhood environment influence community dwelling elderly’s bone mineral density?
2019 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 37-43
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2019 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 37-43
Aim: Recently, relationship between community dwelling elderly’s health and neighborhood environment is being reported. Also, in Japan the number of osteoporosis patient is increasing. For at present the above reports are being made, environmental factors as well as medical backgrounds needs to be considered. Therefore in this study, we will investigate the relationship between community dwelling elderly’s amount of change in bone mineral density and their neighborhood environment.
Method: We analyzed 121 community dwelling elderly, age 65 or over, has not been certified with needed support or long-term care, who participated in physical assessment at the baseline and follow-up. We measured the amount of change in bone mineral density within 1 year and carried out a self-report questionnaire. We used IPAQ-E for the assessment of neighborhood environment. For the IPAQ-E the answers were divided into two groups before analysis.
Results: Items that were found relevant to the amount of change of bone mineral density, was residential density (p<0.01).
Consideration: Living in a high residential density area was inferred to be one of the factors influencing increase in bone mineral density.
