The Need of Guidelines for Judgment of the Bathing Advisability in the Aged Taking Bathing Service / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

To determine the need of guidelines for judgment of the bathing advisability for the aged in Councils of Social Welfare, we had a cross-sectional study in 1999.<br>A questionnaire survey by mail for Councils of Social Welfare which were extracted by systematic sampling (n=828, extraction rate was 25%) was conducted. The response rate was 83% and the proportion of respondents who answered the guidelines were necessary was 86% (n=642). Chi-square tests and logistic regressions analyses showed that bathing service in facility, existence of guidelines for judgment of the bathing advisability by body temperature, and respondents judging were independent factors associated with the need of guidelines for judgment on the bathing advisability in aged. Our results suggest the necessity to make guidelines for judgment of the bathing advisability in the aged.