The influence of lifestyle, attitudes, and interpersonal relations on physical and mental deterioration of ages.

对象：212名65岁以上的黑川町、伊马里、佐治亚州老年人。问卷调查：生活方式和生活模式调查，以个人口头访谈的形式进行调查。1)年龄组与精神疾病的关系将受访者分为5个年龄组-65-69岁，70-74岁，75-79岁，80-84岁，85岁以上-并比较作为智力低下指标的假名(日语拼音)识别测试的分数，发现显著相关，不确定度不到1%，65-70岁年龄组17.42分，75~79岁年龄组、11.32分、85岁及以上年龄组得分为5.25分，表明智力随着年龄的增长而下降。2)年龄组与生活方式的关系各年龄组之间的生活方式存在显著差异。从那些显示出明显变化的项目中，可以提出以下具有代表性的例子：…更多的是“健康状况”，“一个人感觉自己对家庭生活做出了有益贡献的领域，”一个人被周围的人欣赏的程度“，”一个人感到自己有释放自己能力的途径的程度“，”一个人正在处理新事物的感觉“，”对自己生活的满意程度“。对这些项目的评分表明，随着年龄的增长，生活方式和态度变得越来越消极。3)心理能力与生活方式的关系本次调查最值得注意的结果是，心理能力水平与生活方式之间存在着极其显著的相关性。研究发现，无论年龄和性别，“生活满意度”越高，智力水平越高，智力退化越少。在因素分析下，这一趋势在两个维度上显著，即稳态生活满意度和动态生活满意度。结论从以上数据可以看出，男性和女性的心理退化都随着年龄的增长而增加，但生活方式的选择不仅可以被视为防止这种下降的有效手段，而且生活方式还与个体对生活的热情有关。较少

*Abstract* Subjects : 212 Old People, over 65 years of age, of Kurokawacho, Imari, Saga.Questionnaire : Lifestyle and Living Pattern Survey, surveyed in individual oral interview.1) The Relationship between Age Group and Mental DeteriorationDividing the respondents into 5 age groups-65-69 years, 70-74 years, 75-79 years, 80-84 years, over 85 years-and comparing the points scored on a "Kana" (Japanese phonetic character) recognition test used as an index of mental retardation, a significant correlation, with less than one percent of uncertainty was found, such that in 65-70 year age group 17.42 points, 75-79 year age group, 11.32 points, 85 and over age group 5.25 points were score showing that mental faculties deteriorated with increasing age.2) The Relationship between Age Group and LifestyleA significant difference of lifestyle were found in many domains between the age groups. From among those items that showed a clear variation the following representative examples can be raised : … More "Health condition", "The spheres within which one feels oneself to be making a useful contribution to family life, "The extent to which one is appreciated by those around one", "The extent to which one feels that one has an outlet for ones abilities", "The feeling that one is tackling new things", "The level of satisfaction with ones life". The ratings given to these items showed that lifestyle and attitudes became increasingly negative with increasing age.3) The Relationship between Mental Ability and LifestyleThe most noteworthy results of this survey was that an extremely significant correlation between level of mental ability and lifestyle was observed. Irrespective of age and gender it was found that the higher the level of "life satisfaction" the higher the level of mental ability and the less mental deterioration was observed. Under a factor analysis, this tendency was found to be significant over two dimensions namely : steady state life satisfaction and dynamic life satisfaction in the responses to almost all the questions posed.ConclusionFrom the above data one can claim that mental deterioration increase in both men and women with age but, not only can choice of lifestyle be seen as an effective means of preventing this decline, lifestyle is also related to the individuals zest for life. Less