Table 1. Participants’ Demographics (n=359).

From: Daily Pleasure and Difficulties among Older Patients: Primary Care Setting in Japan

Age [median (the first quartile-the third quartile)] 84 (82-88)
Gender, n (%) [woman/man] 222 (61.8%)/137 (38.2%)
Long-term care certification, n (%)
 Not applied 192 (53.5%)
 Now applying 9 (2.5%)
 Support Level 1 34 (9.5%)
 Support Level 2 23 (6.4%)
 Care Need Level 1 50 (13.9%)
 Care Need Level 2 26 (7.2%)
 Care Need Level 3 13 (3.6%)
 Care Need Level 4 8 (2.2%)
 Care Need Level 5 4 (1.1%)
Table 2. Long-Term Care Service Used by Applicants (n=158) (Multiple Answers Allowed).

From: Daily Pleasure and Difficulties among Older Patients: Primary Care Setting in Japan

Service The number of users, n (%)
Not using 29 (18.4%)
Rehabilitation daycare center/day health care center 72 (45.6%)
Home-visit health care 28 (17.7%)
Short-term residential care 24 (15.2%)
Long-term residential care 22 (13.9%)
Home-visit nursing care 14 (8.9%)
Table 3. Daily Pleasures and Difficulties (n=359).

From: Daily Pleasure and Difficulties among Older Patients: Primary Care Setting in Japan

Yes No Not answering
Daily pleasure 242 (67.4%) 108 (30.0%) 9 (2.5%)
Trouble bathing 56 (15.6%) 302 (84.1%) 1 (0.3%)
Trouble with excretion 73 (20.3%) 283 (78.8%) 3 (0.8%)
Financial burden 34 (9.4%) 320 (89.1%) 5 (1.4%)
Table 4. Patients’ Acceptability [n, %].

From: Daily Pleasure and Difficulties among Older Patients: Primary Care Setting in Japan

Positive response Neither Negative response
Easy to understand what to write down 251 (69.9%) 48 (13.4%) 60 (16.7%)
Comfortable to complete the questionnaire 265 (73.8%) 45 (12.5%) 49 (13.6%)
Agreeable to continue this survey 204 (56.8%) 107 (29.8%) 48 (13.4%)
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