Gender-Related Differences in Scores of the Barthel Index and Frenchay Activities Index in Randomly Sampled Elderly Persons Living at Home in Japan

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• 作者：Hachisuka ; Kenji ; Saeki ; Satoru ; Tsutsui ; Yuka ; Chisaka ; Hiromi ; Ogata ; Hajime ; Iwata ; Noboru ; et. al.
• 关键词：Aged ; Barthel Index ; Frenchay Activities Index ; lifestyle ; gender-related difference ; stroke
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：November, 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：52
• 期：11
• 页码：1089-1094
• 全文大小：170 K

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The purpose of this study was to examine for gender-related differences in activities of daily living (ADL) and lifestyle of elderly persons living at home, and to support our hypothesis that the gender-related difference in lifestyle of stroke patients derives from their lifestyle prior to the stroke. Participants were randomly sampled elderly persons living at home. Questionnaire sheets including subject profile, Self-Rating Barthel Index (disability index), and Self-Rating Frenchay Activities Index (activity index) were mailed and collected, and the data were analyzed with the t-test and General Linear Model (factorial model with interaction). A total of 752 subjects were recruited, and their average age was 67.1 years. No significant gender-related differences were evident in the disability index including self-care and mobility domains (t-test, P > 0.05). In contrast gender-related differences in the activity index were significant (t-test, P < 0.05) for three factors; gender, age group, and living conditions, and in a covariate disability index (GLM, P < 0.05). Because randomly selected elderly persons in this study exhibited a prominent gender-related difference in lifestyle, we believe the lifestyle difference in stroke patients that we have previously described derives primarily from their premorbid attitude to daily life.