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Do Walking-Friendly Built Environments Influence Frailty and Long-Term Care Insurance Service Needs?

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  • Seigo Mitsutake

    (Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    Waseda Institute for Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan)

  • Tatsuro Ishizaki

    (Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Yuri Yokoyama

    (Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Mariko Nishi

    (Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Mohammad Javad Koohsari

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan
    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
    Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia)

  • Koichiro Oka

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan)

  • Shohei Yano

    (Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    Waseda Institute for Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan
    The Salvation Army Booth Memorial Hospital, Tokyo 166-0012, Japan)

  • Takumi Abe

    (Integrated Research Initiative for Living Well with Dementia, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
    Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia)

  • Akihiko Kitamura

    (Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

Abstract

Our study examined the associations between neighborhood walkability, frailty, and the incidence of long-term care insurance (LTCI) service needs using a prospective cohort survey in a suburban town in Japan. The final sample for analyses comprised 2867 community-dwelling older adults (mean age: 73.0 years). Neighborhood walkability was measured using the Walk Score ® . A total of 387 participants (13.5%) exhibited frailty. The odds of frailty, adjusted for the covariates (sex, age, educational status, marital status, residential status, employment status, subjective economic status) among participants who lived in somewhat walkable/very walkable areas, was 0.750 (95% Confidence Interval, CI: 0.597–0.943) versus those who lived in car-dependent areas. During the 23-month follow-up, 102 participants needed LTCI services (19.0 per 1000 person-years), 41 of whom (21.0 per 1000 person-years) lived in car-dependent areas, and 61 of whom (17.9 per 1000 person-years) lived in somewhat walkable/very walkable areas. As compared with participants who lived in car-dependent areas, the incidence of LTCI service needs was not significantly lower than that of those who lived in somewhat walkable/very walkable areas. Walk Score ® can provide the critical information for the strategies to improve walkability and prevent older adults’ frailty in less walkable areas, contributing to achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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  • Seigo Mitsutake & Tatsuro Ishizaki & Yuri Yokoyama & Mariko Nishi & Mohammad Javad Koohsari & Koichiro Oka & Shohei Yano & Takumi Abe & Akihiko Kitamura, 2021. "Do Walking-Friendly Built Environments Influence Frailty and Long-Term Care Insurance Service Needs?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:10:p:5632-:d:556774
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