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Geology and geologic structure of the Shimanto Supergroup in the Hokusatsu district, southern Kyushu, Japan
No full textChanging the Method Performing on Technical and Homemaking Education Course(Improvement of Teaching methods)
Get PDFHow Can One Grasp the Essence of HAGAKURE and Criticize It? -On the Historical and Ethical Assessments of HAGAKURE (2)-
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Visual functions and risk factors for visual impairment in community-dwelling Japanese elderly
No full textPurpose: To investigate age-related changes in visual functions and risk factors for visual impairment in community-dwelling
Japanese elderly. Visual function assessment included static visual acuity (SVA), kinetic visual acuity (KVA), dynamic visual acuity
(DVA), night vision (NV), depth perception (DP), ocular motor skill (OMS), and visual reaction time (VRT).
Methods: A total of 321 community-dwelling people (112 men and 209 women, mean age: 67.3 ± 10.4, range: 40 to 91 years old)
participated in this study. They reported any history of eye or chronic diseases in a self-administered questionnaire. Functional
capacity was evaluated using the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG Index). Visual
assessments were made using a visual acuity measurement device.
Data analysis: SVA and KVA were converted into logarithms of the minimum angle of resolution for analysis, while participants
were classified into 4 age groups: 40 to 54 (early middle-aged); 55 to 64 (late middle-aged); 65 to 74 (young-old); and 75 and over
(old-old). Statistical analyses were performed using a Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test, a Mantel-Haenszel test, and logistic regression
analyses (univariate and multivariate analyses). Logistic regression analyses were performed with the visual functions as dependent
variables and sex, age group, history of eye disease, and history of chronic disease as independent variables. In logistic regression
analyses with visual functions other than SVA, SVA was included as a moderator variable. For statistical analysis, IBM SPSS version
21.0 was used, while setting the significance level at 5%.
Results: A marked tendency for scores of the TMIG-index to decrease with age was observed (p=0.012). In measurements of DVA,
NV, KVA, and DP, some participants had difficulty in reading the target. There was a marked tendency for this proportion to increase
with age. Similarly, analysis of the data regarding visual functions, excluding data of participants with reading difficulty, revealed
that all these functions, except for NV, markedly decrease with age. According to multivariate analysis, risk of impaired KVA began
to increase in the late middle-aged group compared to the early middle-aged group. Risk of impaired DVA, NV, DP, and VRT began to increase in the young-old group, and risk of impaired SVA and OMS began to increase in the old-old group. Risk of impaired DP
was higher in women than in men. Furthermore, univariate analysis showed that a history of eye disease was significantly associated
with impaired DP, and a history of chronic disease was significantly associated with impaired OMS and impaired VRT.
Conclusion: Visual impairments in community-dwelling elderly increase with age. According to multivariate analysis, age was
a significant risk factor of each impaired visual function examined in this study, and sex was a significant risk factor of impaired
DP. Considering that impaired visual functions particularly affect ADL and QOL in the elderly, it is important to take preventive
measures against such impairment. However, since it is difficult to routinely assess visual functions, visual impairments are
commonly overlooked in community-dwelling elderly. Therefore, the findings obtained from this study may be useful for those
examining appropriate methods to support community-dwelling elderly with visual impairment
The foundation of a support program in a social aid system on the asis of a candidate's assessmenet of the classification for job assistance
No full textThis paper proposes the foundation of a support program for a public assistance user on the basis of a candidate's
assessment of the classification for the type of job assistance. Although a public assistance user is currently available
in schools and career offices under the present structure, this support process is dependent on the volition of
the individual. Volition for work is important as it is necessary for confirming both the working motivation and
appropriately determining the work potential of an individual. This paper proposes a support process, which adds
classification and judgment of the operating potential to the level of education of candidates providing job assistance.
Furthermore, the classification of a candidate providing job assistance during public assistance is proposed in terms
of age, work experience, and school education or qualifications.This has been set up as part of a support program and support plan for every group