Wang, Hequn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-5029
Kawaguchi, Kenjiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-5022
Ling, Ling https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3553-0557
Ide, Kazushige https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-354X
Nakagomi, Atsushi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3908-696X
Kondo, Katsunori https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-816X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sekisui House Real Estate Tokyo, Ltd
Article History
Received: 27 February 2025
Accepted: 9 June 2025
First Online: 23 June 2025
Declarations
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: Co-author Katsunori Kondo has received research funding from Sekisui House Real Estate Tokyo, Ltd. The purpose of this funding was to evaluate the effectiveness of the services provided by these companies and to provide them with feedback on how to improve their services based on the findings of this study. The funding contract had no restrictions on the study design, analysis, interpretation, and writing of the article but required a prior agreement for publication. No other authors have conflicts of interest to declare.
: This study used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) and Sekisui House Real Estate Tokyo, Ltd. We thank the study participants and the research assistants who collected and managed the data.
: This study was conducted with the approval of the Chiba University Ethics Review Committee (No. M10460 & No. M10166). Written informed consent for academic use of the data was obtained from all participants, and only data from individuals who provided consent were included in the analysis.