title: [Generation of appraisal standards for functional measurements in the frail elderly and persons aged 40 and older requiring light assistance in daily living].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to generate appraisal standards for functional measures in independent elderly people with physical frailty, "Tokutei", or persons aged 40 and older who require light assistance, "Youshien".
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 3,852 subjects for whom functional measures were available, including grasp strength, one-leg standing time, timed up & go (TUG) , and 5-m walking time, were analyzed from a database obtained from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The upper limit and lower limit of each quintilededuced from the functional measurements were adopted to construct the appraisal standard.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The functional measures were higher in Tokutei than in Youshien. Comparing Tokutei and Yoshien, one or more level difference in the five divided groups was observed for the one-leg standing time. There were differences of three or more levels between Tokutei and Yoshien in the TUG and the 5-m walking time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study allowed development of appraisal standards for elderly having physical frailty and for persons aged 40 and older requiring light assistance in daily living.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Obuchi
authors.forename: Motonaga
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Toshimasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasumura
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged