Publications by authors named "Noriko Hori"
Aim: The Questionnaire for Medical Checkup of Old-Old (QMCOO) has been used nationwide in Japan as part of the health checkup for latter-stage older adults since the financial year 2020. Although the QMCOO is useful in screening for frailty, its cutoff values for predicting adverse health outcomes have rarely been assessed. Therefore, this study aimed to calculate the cutoff values for predicting all-cause mortality and disability incidence and to evaluate their predictive validity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study examined the association between the number of prescribed medications and falls among community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: We conducted a geriatric comprehensive health-checkup on community-dwelling adults aged 69-91 years who participated in the Septuagenarians, Octogenarians, and Nonagenarians Investigation with Centenarians study. The final analysis of this study included 1,076 participants with complete data.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the validity of a health assessment questionnaire with 12 items to measure frailty in older adults.
- It analyzed data from 461 Japanese individuals aged 78-81, using methods like ROC curve analysis and logistic regression to assess the association between the questionnaire scores and frailty.
- The findings suggest that scoring 3 or 4 points on the questionnaire is indicative of frailty, with a notable correlation identified between higher scores and increased odds of being frail.
The Japanese government has implemented a new screening program to promote measures to avoid worsening lifestyle-related diseases and frailty among the older population. In this effort, the government formulated a new health assessment questionnaire for the screening program of old-old adults aged ≥75 years. The questionnaire comprises 15 items, of which 12 address frailty, two address general health status, and one addresses smoking habits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Older adults were expected to experience a decline in physical activities and an increase in social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We investigated the changes in living conditions of 508 older adults (79.70 years ± 0.