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Impact of support agreement between municipalities and convenience store chain companies on store staff's support activities for older adults
Nakamura Yusuke, Matsumoto Hiroshige, Yamamoto-Mitani Noriko, Suzuki Miho, Igarashi Ayumi. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2018-10-10
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
In the continuously aging society, private sectors are expected to play a role in older adult care. Implementing an agreement between municipalities and private sectors is one of the key mechanisms for encouraging private sectors to participate in supporting older adults. The study's aim was to evaluate whether the support agreement has promoted support activities by convenience store staff for older adults. A retrospective observational study was conducted between 2013 and 2016 using data from a nationwide survey of convenience stores. The municipality-level matching produced 168 municipality pairs, with 2242 convenience stores that entered into a support agreement with municipalities from 2014 to 2015, and 2141 stores without such an agreement. Convenience store-level logistic regression analysis evaluated the impact of the agreement on staff activities. The analysis showed that some staff activities increased significantly with the support agreement, such as corresponding or collaborating with community support centers (AOR = 3.40; 95% CI: 2.22 to 5.26), participating in role-playing programs for older adult care (AOR = 2.05; 95% CI: 1.01 to 4.26), and attending dementia support lectures (AOR = 18.21; 95% CI: 8.27 to 45.34). Emergency protection for older adults did not increase with the support agreement. The results suggest that the support agreement positively influenced some convenience store staff's support activities for older adults.
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Yusuke, N., Hiroshige, M., Noriko, Y.-M., Miho, S., & Ayumi, I. (2018). Impact of support agreement between municipalities and convenience store chain companies on store staff's support activities for older adults. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.015
Vancouver
Yusuke N, Hiroshige M, Noriko Y.-M, Miho S, Ayumi I. Impact of support agreement between municipalities and convenience store chain companies on store staff's support activities for older adults. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2018. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.015. PMID: 30297300.
BibTeX
@article{yusuke2018-30297300,
author = {Yusuke, Nakamura and Hiroshige, Matsumoto and Noriko, Yamamoto-Mitani and Miho, Suzuki and Ayumi, Igarashi},
title = {{Impact of support agreement between municipalities and convenience store chain companies on store staff's support activities for older adults}},
journal = {Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.015},
pmid = {30297300},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.09.015}
}
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Key findings
- The analysis showed that some staff activities increased significantly with the support agreement, such as corresponding or collaborating with community support centers (AOR = 3.40; 95% CI: 2.22 to 5.26), participating in role-playing programs for older adult care (AOR = 2.05; 95% CI: 1.01 to 4.26), and attending dementia support lectures (AOR = 18.21; 95% CI: 8.27 to 45.34).
- The results suggest that the support agreement positively influenced some convenience store staff's support activities for older adults.
Why it matters
Convenience stores that had a support agreement with their municipality had more staff activities like attending dementia support lectures and collaborating with community support centers. This is about community support services, not about treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Effect sizeAOR = 3.40; AOR = 2.05; AOR = 18.21
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Health Policy: journal h-index 159 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 2 / 3 | Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 8 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.8 citations a year over 10 year(s) since 2018 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 1.1× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 2 / 6 | Cited by 3 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 2 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Ayumi Igarashi: h-index 21 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | The University of Tokyo: institution h-index 1,463 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 30297300) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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