Association between Internet Use and Locomotive Syndrome, Frailty, and Sarcopenia among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults.
In the lives of those who are the target of community health nursing, it is important to collaborate with individuals and communities to improve their quality of life. Herein, we aimed to determine the association between Internet use among older individuals and locomotive syndrome (LS), frailty, an...
| Published in: | Nursing Reports Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 1402 - 1414 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Published: |
MDPI
Jun2024
|
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178185521&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178185521 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 2039439X EGNT jtl: Nursing Reports issn: 2039439X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 14 iid: 2 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 178185521 178185521 178185521 10.3390/nursrep14020105 178185521 ppf: 1402 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Association between Internet Use and Locomotive Syndrome, Frailty, and Sarcopenia among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults. aug: au: Hirose, Tamaki Sawaya, Yohei Ishizaka, Masahiro Hashimoto, Naori Watanabe, Miyoko Itokazu, Masafumi Kubo, Akira Urano, Tomohiko affil: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare, 2600-1 Kitakanemaru, Otawara 324-8501, Tochigi, Japan sug: subj: Community Living Psychosocial Factors Japanese Persons Psychosocial Factors Internet Locomotion Frailty Syndrome Sarcopenia Human Japan Japan Cross Sectional Studies Logistic Regression Clinical Assessment Tools Male Female Aged Aged, 80 and Over T-Tests Mann-Whitney U Test Chi Square Test Fisher's Exact Test Descriptive Statistics Post Hoc Analysis Odds Ratio Confidence Intervals Age Factors Funding Source Questionnaires Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: In the lives of those who are the target of community health nursing, it is important to collaborate with individuals and communities to improve their quality of life. Herein, we aimed to determine the association between Internet use among older individuals and locomotive syndrome (LS), frailty, and sarcopenia. In this cross-sectional study conducted between July 2022 and March 2023, we recruited 105 community-dwelling older Japanese adults who participated in a care prevention project called "Kayoi-no-ba". All participants were divided into Internet and non-Internet user groups according to the classification of a previous study. We assessed LS (standing test, two-step test, and five-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale), frailty (through the Questionnaire for Medical Checkup of Old-Old), and sarcopenia (grip strength, normal walking speed, and skeletal muscle mass index) and made group comparisons between Internet users and non-users. Binomial logistic regression analyses were performed with Internet use as the independent variable and sarcopenia or LS as the dependent variables. The Internet and non-Internet user groups had 69 and 36 participants, respectively. The Internet user group comprised 65.7% of all participants, which was similar to that reported in a previous study of the same age group. Between-group comparisons showed significant differences in sarcopenia and LS items, whereas adjusted binomial logistic analysis showed a significant association between sarcopenia and Internet use. In summary, among LS, frailty, and sarcopenia, sarcopenia showed the highest association with Internet use. Older adults without sarcopenia having good physical functions, such as grip strength, walking speed, and skeletal muscle index, more likely used the Internet; while older adults with sarcopenia were less likely to use the Internet. This implied that Internet use may be associated with physical function. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|