A scoring system and seven factors associated with certification for Japanese long-term care insurance in older people.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The increase in the older population is a serious concern in developed countries, and how to maintain independence of these individuals is now an urgent issue. Various factors are known to put older people at risk for needing long-term care, but it is not clear to what extent each factor is associated with that need.

Materials and methods

In a cohort of 1577 community-dwelling older persons, we excluded 40 persons whose long-term care insurance certification was unknown and then divided the remaining 1537 into two groups: dependent group (134 persons) certified as requiring assistance or long-term care, and an independent group (1403 persons). We extracted 7 factors and created a scoring system from these factors based on regression coefficients.

Results

SUBMITTER: Takahashi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12279562 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature