初診患者のアイフレイル調査

Survey of eye-frail for new patients in the eye clinic

要約　目的：視機能の衰えを意味するアイフレイルが提唱された。初診患者のアイフレイル状況を検討した。

方法：井上眼科病院を受診した初診患者で，アイフレイル自己チェック10項目を実施した5,513例を対象とした。チェック数，各項目のチェックを，男女別，年齢別（39歳以下，40〜69歳，70歳以上）に比較した。

結果：チェック数は男性（2,250例）2.7±2.2個が女性（3,263例）3.1±2.2個に比べて有意に少なかった。男性は，①疲れやすい56.0％，⑤眼鏡をかけてもよく見えない37.6％，女性は，①疲れやすい66.4％，③新聞や本を長時間見ない44.9％の順でチェックが多かった。年齢別では，39歳以下（1,273例）1.7±1.7個，40〜69歳（3,040例）3.1±2.1個，70歳以上（1,200例）3.9±2.3個で年齢とともに有意に増加していた。39歳以下では，①疲れやすい51.0％，⑥まぶしい29.0％，40〜69歳では，①疲れやすい66.5％，③新聞や本を長時間見ない43.3％，70歳以上では，①疲れやすい62.8％，⑤眼鏡をかけてもよく見えない60.0％の順でチェックした人が多かった。

結論：アイフレイル症状は女性に多く，年齢とともに増加していた。チェック項目は男女，年齢に多少の違いがあった。

Abstract　Purpose：Eye-frail, which means a decline in visual function, was proposed. The status of eye-frail in the new patients was investigated.

Methods：A total of 5,513 patients who initially visited Inouye Eye Hospital and completed the 10 items of the eye-frail self-check were included in the study. The frequency of each item were compared by gender and age（≦39 years, 40 to 69 years, and ≧70 years）.

Results：The total report items checks for men（n＝2,250）was 2.7±2.2, which was significantly lower than that for women（3.1±2.2, n＝3,263）. The most frequently reported items for males were get tired easily（56.0％）and could not see well even with glasses（37.6％）, and for females were get tired easily（66.4％）and did not read newspapers or books for a long time（44.9％）. The mean numbers of checks by age were 1.7±1.7 in individuals ≦39 years old（n＝1,273）；3.1±2.1 in individuals between 40 and 69 years of age（n＝3,040）, and 3.9±2.3 in ≧70 years old（n＝1,200）, respectively. The most frequently reported items for ≦39 years old were get tired easily（51.0％）and feel dazzled easily（29.0％）, for ≧40 and ≦69 years old were get tired easily（66.5％）and do not read newspapers or books for a long time（43.3％）, and ≧70 years old were get tired easily（62.8％）and could not see well even with glasses（60.0％）.

Conclusion：Eye-frail checks were more frequent in women and increased with age. There were some differences in the checked items by gender and age.