Characteristics of the Health Condition and the Daily Life of the Elderly Persons Playing Gate Ball in a Rural District.

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  • TADA Toshiko
    Department of Public Health , School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima
  • MIYOSHI Tamotsu
    Department of Public Health , School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima
  • NAKAMURA Hideki
    Department of Public Health , School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima
  • IMAKI Masahide
    Department of Public Health , School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima

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  • 農村地区高齢者の日常生活におけるゲートボールと生活特性について
  • ノウソン チク コウレイシャ ノ ニチジョウ セイカツ ニ オケル ゲートボー

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The purpose of this study is to assess the significance of gate ball playing on the health and daily life of the elderly persons. The subjects were members of an old people's club in Tokushima prefecture. They were 92 persons playing gateball (55 males and 37 females) and 289 persons not playing gate ball (117 males and 172 females). We surveyed their health conditions, life styles and daily activities, and compared them between the group playing gate ball (GB group) and the group not playing gate ball (n-GB group). The results were as follows: 1. The number of males in the GB group was much more than that in the n-GB group. However, there was no significant difference in age. 2. The number of subjects visiting a physician in the GB group was more than that in the n-GB group, though GB group was feeling more healthy. However, the number of persons handicapped in activities of daily life were smaller in the GB group. In particular, the proportion of females subjectively feeling healthy was higher in GB group. 3. The mean obesity index and the ratio of the subjects whose obesity indexes were 20% and over were higher in the GB group than in the n-GB group. However, the mean red blood cell count, hemoglobin and hematocrit were higher, but the average of blood pressure was lower in the GB group than in the n-GB group. 4. Number of subjects participating social activities and leading useful life were significantly more in the GB group than in the n-GB group. We found that the subjects from GB group tended to be more active and leading a more useful life than those from the n-GB group.

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