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Published in: BMC Public Health 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

Sociodemographic and physical predictors of non-participation in community based physical checkup among older neighbors: a case-control study from the Kyoto-Kameoka longitudinal study, Japan

Authors: Miwa Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshida, Yosuke Yamada, Yuya Watanabe, Hinako Nanri, Keiichi Yokoyama, Heiwa Date, Motoko Miyake, Aya Itoi, Emi Yamagata, Taeko Masumoto, Yasuko Okayama, Yasuko Yoshinaka, Misaka Kimura, Kyoto-Kameoka study group

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

It is difficult to obtain detailed information on non-participants in physical and health examination checkups in community-based epidemiological studies. We investigated the characteristics of non-participants in a physical and health examination checkup for older adults in a nested study from the Japanese Kyoto-Kameoka Longitudinal Study.

Methods

We approached a total of 4831 people aged ≥65 years in 10 randomly selected intervention regions. Participants responded to a mail-based population survey on needs in the sphere of daily life to encourage participation in a free face-to-face physical checkup examination; 1463 participants (706 men, 757 women) participated in the physical checkup. A multiple logistic regression model was performed to investigate the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of non-participation based on sociodemographic status apart from psychological and physiological frailty as assessed by the validated Kihon Checklist.

Results

There was a significant, inverse relationship between non-participation and frequently spending time alone among individuals who lived with someone or other family structure (aOR = 0.53, standard error [SE] 0.08 in men, aOR = 0.66, SE 0.09 in women). Very elderly (over 80 years old) women, poorer health consciousness and current smoking in both sexes and poor self-rated health in men, were significantly related to higher non-participation rates. In both sexes, individuals who did not participate in community activities were significantly more likely to be non-participants than individuals who did (aOR = 1.94, SE 0.23 in men, aOR = 3.29, SE 0.39 in women). Having low IADL and physical functioning scores were also associated with higher rates of non-participation.

Conclusion

Health consciousness and lack of community activity participation were predictors of non-participation in a physical checkup examination among older adults. In addition, lower IADL and physical functioning/strength were also predictors of non-participation.
On the contrary, older inhabitants living with someone tended to participate in the physical checkup examination for social interchange when they were frequently alone in the household. This study suggests the importance of considering aging especially for women and poor sociodemographic background and physical frailty for both sexes so that older people can access health programs without difficulty.

Trial registration

UMIN000008105. Registered 26 April 2012. Retrospectively registered.
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Metadata
Title
Sociodemographic and physical predictors of non-participation in community based physical checkup among older neighbors: a case-control study from the Kyoto-Kameoka longitudinal study, Japan
Authors
Miwa Yamaguchi
Tsukasa Yoshida
Yosuke Yamada
Yuya Watanabe
Hinako Nanri
Keiichi Yokoyama
Heiwa Date
Motoko Miyake
Aya Itoi
Emi Yamagata
Taeko Masumoto
Yasuko Okayama
Yasuko Yoshinaka
Misaka Kimura
Kyoto-Kameoka study group
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5426-5

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