カワグチ ケンジロウ   KAWAGUCHI Kenjirou
  河口 謙二郎
   所属   医学部 医学科
   職種   助教
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Perceived Ageism and Subsequent Health and Well-Being in Older Adults: An Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Analysis From Japan.
掲載誌名 正式名:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
略  称:J Am Geriatr Soc
ISSNコード:15325415/00028614
掲載区分国外
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著者・共著者 Kenjiro Kawaguchi†*, Atsushi Nakagomi, Chie Koga, Katsunori Kondo
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
発行年月 2026/08
概要 BACKGROUND:Perceived ageism may affect health in later life, but longitudinal associations across diverse outcomes, particularly cognitive and functional outcomes, remain unclear. We examined these associations among community-dwelling older adults in Japan.METHODS:We conducted a secondary outcome-wide longitudinal analysis using data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES), a nationwide cohort of community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older. Perceived ageism was measured in 2019 as self-reported age-based discrimination experienced in the preceding 12 months. Participants were followed for 3 years, with outcomes assessed in 2022. A total of 47 outcomes across health and well-being domains were examined. Regression models adjusted for prespecified baseline covariates, including prior outcome measures when available, were used with Bonferroni correction. Sex-stratified and sensitivity analyses, including E-value analyses, were also performed.RESULTS:Among participants with observed exposure data in the survey-based sample, 335 of 4299 (7.8%) reported perceived ageism. After correction for multiple comparisons, perceived ageism was significantly associated with lower happiness (β, -0.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.27 to -0.11), increased depressive symptoms (β, 0.21; 95% CI, 0.14 to 0.29), and higher risks of incident dementia (odds ratio [OR], 1.77; 95% CI, 1.31 to 2.39), incident functional disability at any level (risk ratio [RR], 1.42; 95% CI, 1.21 to 1.67), and incident functional disability at Level 2 or higher (OR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.26 to 2.30). Sex-stratified estimates suggested associations with functional disability at Level 2 or higher among men and with lower happiness and greater depressive symptoms among women, although multiplicative interaction tests by sex were not statistically significant and additive interaction findings were only nominal.CONCLUSIONS:Perceived ageism was associated with adverse mental, cognitive, and functional outcomes over a 3-year period. These findings support recognizing ageism as a potentially modifiable social determinant of health and well-being in later life.
DOI 10.1111/jgs.70618
PMID 42561030