TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical, sensory, and cognitive functioning among centenarians
T2 - a comparison between the Tokyo and Georgia centenarian studies
AU - Martin, Peter
AU - Gondo, Yasuyuki
AU - Arai, Yasumichi
AU - Ishioka, Yoshiko
AU - Woodard, John L.
AU - Poon, Leonard W.
AU - Hirose, Nobuyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The Georgia Centenarian Study (Leonard W. Poon, PI) was funded by 1P01AG17553 from the National Institute on Aging, a collaboration among The University of Georgia, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Boston University, University of Kentucky, Emory University, Duke University, Wayne State University, Iowa State University, Temple University, and University of Michigan. Additional authors include S. M. Jazwinski, R. C. Green, M. MacDon‑ ald, M. Gearing, W. R. Markesbery (deceased), J. L. Woodard, M. (A) Johnson, J. S. Tenover, I. C. Siegler, W. L. Rodgers, D. (B) Hausman, (C) Rott, A. Davey, and J. Arnold. Authors acknowledge the valuable recruitment and data acquisition effort from M. Burgess, K. Grier, E. Jackson, E. McCarthy, K. Shaw, L. Strong, and S. Reynolds, data acqui‑ sition team manager; S. Anderson, E. Cassidy, M. Janke, and J. Savla, data management; M. Poon for project fiscal management. The first author also acknowledges the support by the Fulbright Commission for his work on this project. The Tokyo Centenarian Study was supported in part by a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare for the Scientific Research Project on Longevity, a grant for studying the multidisciplinary approach to centenarians and its international com‑ parison (Principal Investigator, Nobuyoshi Hirose); a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (No. 15730346); and aid for research from the Keio Health Consulting Center. Both studies have been approved by their respective Institutional Review Boards.
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PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare centenarians in the United States and Japan on sensory, cognitive, and physical functioning and to evaluate a model that tests the interrelationship between physical function, cognition, and sensory impairment in these two unique samples of the oldest old. Methods: The sample of U. S. centenarians included 245 centenarians, the sample of Japanese centenarians included 304 centenarians. Sensory impairment was assessed by general assessments of vision and hearing, and physical function was assessed with six physical activities of daily living (i.e., eating, grooming, dressing, transporting, bathing, and walking). Results: The results suggest that centenarians from the Georgia study showed higher levels of functioning in all domains when compared to the Tokyo sample. A structural equation model yielded stronger associations between cognitive and sensory function with physical function for the Tokyo sample. Conclusions: Functional differences may be due, in part, to different care patterns for the oldest old in the United States when compared to Japan.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare centenarians in the United States and Japan on sensory, cognitive, and physical functioning and to evaluate a model that tests the interrelationship between physical function, cognition, and sensory impairment in these two unique samples of the oldest old. Methods: The sample of U. S. centenarians included 245 centenarians, the sample of Japanese centenarians included 304 centenarians. Sensory impairment was assessed by general assessments of vision and hearing, and physical function was assessed with six physical activities of daily living (i.e., eating, grooming, dressing, transporting, bathing, and walking). Results: The results suggest that centenarians from the Georgia study showed higher levels of functioning in all domains when compared to the Tokyo sample. A structural equation model yielded stronger associations between cognitive and sensory function with physical function for the Tokyo sample. Conclusions: Functional differences may be due, in part, to different care patterns for the oldest old in the United States when compared to Japan.
KW - Centenarians
KW - Hearing
KW - Physical functioning
KW - Vision
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-018-1943-z
DO - 10.1007/s11136-018-1943-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 30051258
AN - SCOPUS:85050673119
VL - 27
SP - 3037
EP - 3046
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
SN - 0962-9343
IS - 11
ER -
