OriginalArticle Activity in Daily Group Life inings Reflecting Functional Characteristics Required I stitutionalized Dependent Females in the Old Old Elderly

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the actiyity groupings reflecting functional characteristics required in daily life for the institutionalized dependent females in the old-old elderly group, by examining the interrelationships ofactiyities based on actual achieyement characteristics. Methods: The participants were 697 dependent elderly liying at welfare institutions i Japan and 344 old-old females were used for analysis. Factor analysis, based on Promax with the Kaiser Normalization method, was conducted using 74 actiyities of daily living (ADL) items to determine activity groups. Furthermore, whether each activity group could be classified into sub-groups was confirmed by applying factor analysis to the actiyities consisting of each activity group. Results: Four activity grollps of lower extremity activities, manual activities, changing and holding posture activities, and upper extremity and dexterous manllal activities were interpreted. Except for the manual activity group, these activity groups were classified into tvvo sub-groups. Conclusions: These aetivity groupings were characterized by similarities of the body parts used in achievement and the difficulty of actiyity. The activity groupings obtained in this study are considered to be usefu1 in ADL assessment focusing on eyaluating funetional characteristics of the dependent