Social relations for long-term care prevention among community-dwelling elderly people

这项研究的目的是确定在日本社区居住的老年人中与社会关系因素相关的功能性残疾的风险。这项研究表明，在老年人中，社会角色的高地位与较低的功能性残疾风险相关。在只与配偶同住的老年人中，除了共同生活的家庭成员外，没有任何情感上的社会支持与功能性残疾的风险有关。我们需要一个将社会关系考虑在内的评估，以适当地确定与功能性残疾相关的风险。

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk of functional disability associated with factors of social relations in community-dwelling older adults in Japan. The study suggested that high status of social role was associated with a moderately lower risk of functional disability in older adults. No emotional social support except for family members of living together was associated with a risk of functional disability in elderly people living with their spouse only. We need an assessment that takes social relations into consideration to appropriately identify the risks related to functional disability.