Association Between the Community Gatherings Places and the Kihon Checklist Score: JAGES Longitudinal Study.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the number of program types and CGA in community gathering places to gain valid insights into the provision of programs in community gathering places. The study is longitudinal in nature and uses prospective cohort data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study. The participants were 8758 older adults recruited from 28 cities and towns.

Built environments and frailty in older adults: A three-year longitudinal JAGES study.

Background: This study investigated the relationship between built environments and the onset of frailty after 3 years.

Methods: This was a longitudinal study using prospective cohort data from the 2013 Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study on 38,829 older adults nested in 562 comunnities who were not frail. The dependent variable, frailty, was assessed using the Kihon checklist.