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Background <p>Earlier identification of individuals at risk of needing long-term care can increase the opportunities for preventive/therapeutic interventions, leading to a reduced social burden.</p> Methods <p>We examined the feasibility and potential value of a frailty check-up program implemented by the local government for risk assessment of long-term care needs in 1,528 apparently healthy older (aged 64/65 years) citizens in Kobe, Japan, between August 2017 and March 2018. The program comprised a questionnaire on general frailty (Comprehensive score) and evaluation of other frailty-related measures, cognitive function-related activities of daily living (Cognitive Function Instrument), and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L). In March 2020, these measures were merged with data on long-term care or support certification, where the latter represented a condition requiring care for a certain period preceding long-term care needs.</p> Results <p>Overall, 15 citizens were certified as having long-term care needs and 38 as having long-term care or support needs. Using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, certain measures, including the Comprehensive score and EQ-5D-5L, significantly predicted the incidence of long-term care or support needs.</p> Conclusions <p>The frailty checkup program conducted by the local government may be feasible and valuable for risk assessment of long-term care needs in apparently healthy older citizens.</p>

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Feasibility and potential value of a local governmental frail check-up program for the risk assessment of long-term care in apparently healthy older citizens: a prospective study

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    2025年5月22日

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  • Yoji Nagai,
  • Yasumasa Kakei,
  • Tatsuo Kagimura,
  • Shinsuke Kojima,
  • Hisatomo Kowa,
  • Tohmi Osaki,
  • Ryoma Kayano,
  • Yasuji Yamamoto

摘要

Background

Earlier identification of individuals at risk of needing long-term care can increase the opportunities for preventive/therapeutic interventions, leading to a reduced social burden.

Methods

We examined the feasibility and potential value of a frailty check-up program implemented by the local government for risk assessment of long-term care needs in 1,528 apparently healthy older (aged 64/65 years) citizens in Kobe, Japan, between August 2017 and March 2018. The program comprised a questionnaire on general frailty (Comprehensive score) and evaluation of other frailty-related measures, cognitive function-related activities of daily living (Cognitive Function Instrument), and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L). In March 2020, these measures were merged with data on long-term care or support certification, where the latter represented a condition requiring care for a certain period preceding long-term care needs.

Results

Overall, 15 citizens were certified as having long-term care needs and 38 as having long-term care or support needs. Using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, certain measures, including the Comprehensive score and EQ-5D-5L, significantly predicted the incidence of long-term care or support needs.

Conclusions

The frailty checkup program conducted by the local government may be feasible and valuable for risk assessment of long-term care needs in apparently healthy older citizens.