Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants according to interest in SW.
| Total | Possessors | Non-Possessors (n = 861) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest | Non-interest | |||
| (n = 899) | (n = 38) | (n = 193) | (n = 668) | |
| Socio-demographics | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 409 (45.5) | 17 (4.2) | 75 (18.3) | 317 (77.5) |
| Women | 490 (54.5) | 21 (4.3) | 118(24.1) | 351 (71.6) |
| Age, < 75 years | 283 (31.5) | 18 (47.4) | 76 (39.4) | 189 (28.3) |
| Education, graduation | ||||
| Less than high school | 799 (88.9) | 37 (97.4) | 172 (89.1) | 590 (88.3) |
| At least junior college/ college | 100 (11.1) | 1 (2.6) | 21 (10.9) | 78 (11.7) |
| Employment status, employed | 254 (28.3) | 16 (42.1) | 59 (30.6) | 179 (26.8) |
| Household income (JPY), ≥7 mill | 73 (8.1) | 7 (18.4) | 10 (5.2) | 56 (8.4) |
| Living alone | 325 (36.2) | 12 (31.6) | 84 (43.5) | 229 (34.3) |
| Technology literacy | ||||
| Intellectual tasks (JST-IC), score | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.4) | 3.6 (0.8) | 3.4 (1.0) |
| Intellectual curiosity (JST-IC), score | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.7 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.9) |
| Information gathering (JST-IC), score | 2.9 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.1) | 3.0 (1.0) | 2.9 (1.1) |
| Creativity (JST-IC), score | 1.3 (1.4) | 1.3 (1.4) | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.2 (1.4) |
| Opportunity to socialize (≥1 wks) | 552 (58.1) | 28 (73.7) | 112 (58.0) | 382 (57.2) |
| Health variables | ||||
| Physical activity (≥1 wks) | 716 (79.8) | 31 (81.6) | 155 (80.3) | 530 (79.3) |
| Dietary variety (< 5 pts) | 362 (40.3) | 14 (36.8) | 83 (43.0) | 265 (39.7) |
| Sleep quality (PSQI-J score ≥ 6 pts) | 595 (66.2) | 26 (68.4) | 133 (68.9) | 436 (65.3) |
| Obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2) | 228 (25.4) | 13 (34.2) | 55 (28.5) | 160 (24.0) |
| High blood pressure, yes | 474 (52.7) | 21 (55.3) | 90 (46.6) | 363(54.3) |
| Diabetes, yes | 121 (13.5) | 3 (7.9) | 36 (18.7) | 82 (12.3) |
| Dyslipidemia, yes | 207 (23.0) | 5 (13.2) | 49 (25.4) | 153 (22.9) |
| Subjective health, healthy | 437 (48.6) | 22 (57.9) | 96 (49.7) | 319 (47.8) |
| Mild cognitive decline (MMSE <27) | 338 (37.6) | 10 (26.3) | 69 (35.8) | 259 (38.8) |
| Depression (GDS-15 ≥ 5 pts) | 292 (32.5) | 13 (34.2) | 61 (31.6) | 218 (32.6) |
| 5-m walking speed test, <1.0 m/s | 53 (5.9) | 2 (5.3) | 5 (2.6) | 46 (6.9) |
Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%). JST-IC, Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence; GDS, Japanese version of the Geriatric Depression Scale; PSQI-J, Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.