• Preventive medicine · Jun 2024

    Observational Study

    Association between perceived value of adopting new behaviors and incident disability among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.

    • Chiharu Nishijima, Kenji Harada, Osamu Katayama, Satoshi Kurita, Masanori Morikawa, Ryo Yamaguchi, Kazuya Fujii, Yuka Misu, Daisuke Kakita, and Hiroyuki Shimada.
    • Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi 474-8511, Japan. Electronic address: c-nishijima@ncgg.go.jp.
    • Prev Med. 2024 Jun 1; 183: 107976107976.

    ObjectivesThis longitudinal observational cohort study aimed to clarify the relationship between perceived value (PV) to adopt new behaviors and incident disability in community-dwelling older adults.MethodParticipants were 5073 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥65 years in Japan (Mage = 74.0 ± 5.6 years; female = 55.1%). The mean follow-up time was 34.5 months. Baseline data were collected during health checkups in a prospective cohort study. Measurements included engagement in physical activity (PA), cognitive activity (CA), and social activity (SA), PV, health and physical conditions, and demographic characteristics. PV was assessed by asking whether participants thought it was valuable to adopt new behaviors related to PA, CA, and SA. Participants were classified as having higher/lower PV, PA, CA, and SA. Cox proportional hazard models were used to analyze the association between PV and incident disability. PV was examined both as an independent variable and in combination as follows: higher PV and higher PA/CA/SA (high/high); lower PV and higher PA/CA/SA (low/high); higher PV and lower PA/CA/SA (high/low); and lower PV and lower PA/CA/SA (low/low).ResultsHigher PV was significantly associated with a lower hazard ratio (HR) for incident disability. The low/high, high/low, and low/low significantly increased the HR compared to high/high in the analyses of PV & PA and CA. The analysis of PV & SA showed that only low/low increased the HR compared to high/high.ConclusionHaving both higher PV and higher activity engagement may contribute to preventing disability development. Both support for activities and value education in older adults may be needed.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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