Does the Hot Spring Contribute to the Active Life Expectancy?-The 3 years follow-up survey in the J town which commenced health promotion facilities using hot spring-
- VernacularTitle:温泉は健康寿命の延伸に寄与するか―温泉を利用した健康増進施設を開設したＪ町の３年間の追跡調査―
- Author:
Sadanobu KAGAMIMORI
;
Takashi TATSUSE
;
Yoshimi NAKATANI
;
Isamu MATSUBARA
;
Naomi HIROTA
;
Etsuko KAJITA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health promotion facility;
hot spring;
bone fracture;
cerebral apoplexy;
active life expectancy
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
2006;69(3):187-194
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In the town which commenced health promotion facilities using hot spring in May, 2000, how the utilization frequency influences afterwards health status and active life expectancy, was investigated by the follow-up study.
The research subjects were all inhabitants aged 40 or more years living in J town with about 10, 000 inhabitants in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The cooperation request of the survey was carried out to women's association, when the survey was performed in December, 2000.
With regard to the entry survey, the answers of 5, 812 (95.0%)of the 6, 117 registered inhabitants were collected. They were served to the follow-up survey on (1) death, (2) bone fracture, (3) cerebral apoplexy, (4) senile dementia, (5) welfare facilities entrance, (6) long term admission beyond 6 months, (7) bed bound, (8) diabetes mellitus from April, 2001 to March, 2004. The sex-age matched control was randomly selected from the inhabitants participated in the entry survey for case-control study.
As the result, the occurrence rates of (1) death and (2) bone fracture were significantly lower in the group with twice or more utilization of the hot spring per year compared with the group utilizing once or less per year, and (3) cerebral apoplexy showed the slightly significant relationship, even after adjusting with exercise habit and WHO-QOL of confounding factors. The other events were not significantly associated with frequency of hot spring utilization.
It has been indicated that health promotion facilities using hot spring could contribute to active life expectancy via health and welfare promotion.
