LONG-TERM GRADING OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF CARE-NEEDED ELDERLY- A 2-YR FOLLOW-UP STUDY

Author(s)

Noto S¹, Izumi R¹, Moriwaki K²
¹Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan, ²Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan

Presentation Documents

PIH57--strong-u-noto-s-u-sup-1-sup-strong-izumi-r-sup-1-sup-moriwaki-k-sup-2-sup-br-sup-1-sup-niigata-university-of-health-and-welfare-niigata-japan-sup-2-sup-kobe-pharmaceutical-university-kobe-japan

OBJECTIVES To assess the long-term grading of health-related quality of life (HRQL) of care-needed elderly who had received the occupational therapy in Japan. METHODS We carried out a 2-year follow-up study of multicenter trial. The subjects were recruited from 26 nursing homes in Japan. The proxy of the subjects completed a questionnaire of the Health Utilities Index Mark3 (HUI3). We tested the long-term effect of occupational therapy and aged natural grading of care-needed elderly. RESULTS CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that occupational therapy have short-term effect for care-needed elderly. However, we cannot affirm that that occupational therapy has long-term effect. The aging may deteriorate their HRQL of care-needed elderly naturally.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)

Code

PIH57

Topic

Patient-Centered Research

Topic Subcategory

Health State Utilities, Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes

Disease

Multiple Diseases, Reproductive and Sexual Health

Presentation