Factors that facilitate multigenerational exchanges in regional locations: a cross‐sectional study in Niigata City, Japan

Morita, Kumiko; Kobayashi, Minako; Aoki, Rieko; Nagamine, Hitomi; Yamamoto, Harumi; Ohtake, Fumi; Hoki, Mika; Sumita, Hiroko; Maruyama, Kayo; Mitsuhashi, Kayoko; Sasaki, Akiko

doi:10.1186/s13690-021-00563-x

Archives of Public Health

Table 5 Relationship between the effects of Cha-no-Ma participation and multigenerational exchanges

From: Factors that facilitate multigenerational exchanges in regional locations: a cross‐sectional study in Niigata City, Japan

		All data (excluding no answer)				Only those implementing multigenerational exchange (excluding no answer)
			Multigenerational exchanges found				3+ generation exchanges found
Effect　of Cha-no-Ma		Number of responses	n	%	p-value^a	Number of responses	n	%	p-value^a
Increased smiling	Effect	314	96	30.6	0.500	79	59	74.7	0.045
Increased smiling	No effect	80	28	35.0	0.500	26	14	53.8	0.045
Interest in health	Effect	275	88	32.0	0.813	74	58	78.4	0.005
Interest in health	No effect	118	36	30.3	0.813	31	15	48.4	0.005
Connection with the region	Effect	264	95	36.0	0.006	80	55	68.8	0.809
Connection with the region	No effect	130	29	22.3	0.006	25	18	72.0	0.809
Prevention of isolation	Effect	252	80	31.7	0.910	67	50	74.6	0.185
Prevention of isolation	No effect	142	44	31.0	0.910	38	23	60.5	0.185
Conversations with same generations	Effect	232	77	33.2	0.442	67	47	70.1	1.000
Conversations with same generations	No effect	162	47	29.0	0.442	38	26	68.4	1.000
Watch over	Effect	194	70	36.1	0.440	59	45	76.3	0.134
Watch over	No effect	200	54	27.0	0.440	46	28	60.9	0.134
Improved physical function	Effect	133	46	34.6	0.360	37	29	78.4	0.185
Improved physical function	No effect	261	78	29.9	0.360	68	44	69.7	0.185
Attend alone	Effect	132	47	35.6	0.250	37	26	70.3	1.000
Attend alone	No effect	262	77	29.4	0.250	68	47	69.1	1.000
Improved cognitive function	Effect	99	27	27.3	0.319	21	19	90.5	0.019
Improved cognitive function	No effect	295	97	32.9	0.319	84	54	64.3	0.019
Conversations with different generations	Effect	96	42	43.8	0.004	39	33	84.6	0.015
Conversations with different generations	No effect	298	82	27.5	0.004	66	40	60.6	0.015
Meal support	Effect	57	18	31.6	1.000	14	9	64.3	0.756
Meal support	No effect	337	106	31.5	1.000	91	64	70.3	0.756
Read newspapers or magazines	Effect	9	3	33.3	1.000	3	3	100.0	0.551
Read newspapers or magazines	No effect	385	121	31.4	1.000	102	70	68.6	0.551

^a Fisher’s exact test

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