- 著者
- Juan Luis UGARTE CABO Hideki FUKUDA Yasuyo ABE Noboru TAKAMURA Makoto OSAKI Zhaojia YE Yumiko KAWASHITA Keiko HONDA Kohei INADA Yuko KOBUKE Fumiaki SHINSHO Kiyoshi AOYAGI
- 出版者
- Nagasaki University School of Medicine
- 雑誌
- Acta Medica Nagasakiensia (ISSN:00016055)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.51, no.3, pp.89-94, 2006 (Released:2006-11-22)
- 参考文献数
- 32
Good oral health is considered essential in maintaining of individual's good overall health. Information on oral problems and the behavior in visiting dentist is important for promoting oral health of the elderly. To elucidate the oral health status of the elderly in rural areas and factors affecting their oral health, we studied 147 people aged 60 years or over in a rural area of Nagasaki prefecture, Japan. We examined the dental status (dentate or edentate) and denture adaptability, and collected the information on socio-demographic variables, habits, chewing ability, visit to dentist for oral problems, self-perceived general health, and self-perceived oral health. About one-third of the subjects (47/147) had poor self-perceived oral health. Most socio-demographic variables were not associated with poor self-perceived oral health. Logistic regression analysis showed that poor chewing ability (odds ratio (OR): 3.4; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.4-8.7), being dentate (OR: 6.6, 95% CI: 2.2-24.0), inadequate denture adaptability (OR: 3.7; 95% CI: 1.7-8.8), and no visit to dentist for oral problems (OR: 4.8; 95% CI: 1.8-14.2) were significantly associated with poor self-perceived oral health. In rural areas in Japan, adequate dental care and its good accessibility would be important for promoting the oral health in the elderly.
- 著者
- Satoru ITOH Hiroaki AKIMOTO Koji ISHIZUKA Hideki FUKUDA Itsuo OHSHIMA Minori YUDA Satoru ITOH Yuuji KOSEKI Takanori SATO Tomoaki ITO Mamoru KOARAI Hiroshi UNE Kohei YAGUCHI Takeshi MINAMINO Tadamitsu SAITO
- 出版者
- The Association of Japanese Geographers
- 雑誌
- 地理学評論 (ISSN:13479555)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.78, no.5, pp.321-325, 2005-04-01 (Released:2008-12-25)
- 著者
- Yasuo TERAO Hideki FUKUDA Okihide HIKOSAKA
- 出版者
- The Japan Academy
- 雑誌
- Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B (ISSN:03862208)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.93, no.10, pp.772-801, 2017-12-11 (Released:2017-12-11)
- 参考文献数
- 150
- 被引用文献数
- 43
Non-invasive and readily implemented in the clinical setting, eye movement studies have been conducted extensively not only in healthy human subjects but also in patients with neurological disorders. The purpose of saccade studies is to “read out” the pathophysiology underlying neurological disorders from the saccade records, referring to known primate physiology. In the current review, we provide an overview of studies in which we attempted to elucidate the patterns of saccade abnormalities in over 250 patients with neurological disorders, including cerebellar ataxia and brainstem pathology due to neurodegenerative disorders, and what they tell about the pathophysiology of patients with neurological disorders. We also discuss how interventions, such as deep brain stimulation, affect saccade performance and provide further insights into the workings of the oculomotor system in humans. Finally, we argue that it is important to understand the functional significance and behavioral correlate of saccade abnormalities in daily life, which could require eye tracking methodologies to be performed in settings similar to daily life.