Development in Positive Health Scales and Application to Community Elderly

人们普遍认为，生活方式和健康状况之间有很大的关系。然而，在日本老年人口中，这种关系还没有被很好地记录下来。我们使用了阿美健康促进老年人调查(复查)的数据来调查茨城县阿美镇老年社区居民的生活方式和健康状况之间的关系。(2906人中有2010人；69.2%)我根据自我评估的健康状况将受试者分为不健康组和健康组，并检验了生活方式对健康的影响。已有研究认为具有健康生活方式的人群保持了良好的健康状况，并阐明了社会支持状况、家庭关系、家庭角色等对心理健康的影响。

It is generally accepted that there are significant relationships between lifestyle and health status. However, such relationships have not been well documented in the case of the Japanese elderly population.Data from the Ami Health Promotion for Elderly Survey (reexamination) were employed to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and health status from elderly community residents in the Ami Town, Ibaraki Prefecture.(2,010 from 2,906 persons ; 69.2%) I divided the subjects into an unwell group and a healthy group based on self-evaluated health status, and examined the effects of lifestyle on health. The persons who were having healthy lifestyle as which former research have maintained good health condition.Moreover, it is clarified that the state of social support, family relations, domestic roles, etc. influence to mental health.