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

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 52; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00085-2

1878-5921

Kenji Hachisuka, Satoru Saeki, Yuka Tsutsui, Hiromi Chisaka, Hajime Ogata, Noboru Iwata, Shunsuke Negayama,

Health and Wellbeing Research

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.