2008 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 59-65
The present study examined factors associated with decline in activity level at home among elderly day service facility users. The participants were 82 day service facility users who consented participation in the survey (male: 36, female: 39, unknown: 7). Overall, 82.1% users declined their activity levels at home compared with the day service facility. The participants who decreased their activity level at home (DG) were significantly lower activity level than the not decreased group (NDG). Significant difference was found between DG and NDG with respect to stages of behavior change (P<0.01), self-efficacy level (P<0.05), and complacence of implements (P<0.02). In logistic models, significantly associated with the activity levels at home were stages of behavior change and complacence of implement. These results suggest that the way, which takes into account of complacence of implements and stages of behavior change, is important to increase the activity level at home among the day service facility users.
