Analyzing the differences in positive thinking between the healthy elderly and the elderly with long-term care risk

[Nihon kōshū eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
Michiyo Shirai

Abstract

Objectives In forthcoming preventive care, it is important to perceive that the health of the elderly is multifaceted. The purpose of the research is to analyze the difference in positive thinking between the elderly with long-term care risk and the healthy elderly, to clarify the relationship between long-term care risk and positive thinking.Methods A postal mail survey, based on a self-administered questionnaire, was conducted in City A. The subject were elderly people who were turning 75 years old in 2016, 593 people. There were 319 valid responses included in the analysis, of which 141 responses were from the previous survey (a factual survey performed in City A from August 2015 to January 2016) and 178 responses were from the late survey (in July 2016). The subjects included in the analysis were divided into the long-term care risk and the healthy group, and the component scores on positive thinking were compared to determine the relationship between positive thinking and long-term care risk. For the comparison of two groups, we used a t-test for normally distributed scales, the Mann-Whitney U test for deviated scales, and the χ2 test for the comparison of dispersed variants. Discriminant analysis was performed to evaluate...Continue Reading

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