About the Authors

Taichi Goto

hsanada-tky@umin.ac.jp (HS); gottai-tky@umin.ac.jp (TG)

Affiliations Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Global Leadership Initiative for an Age-Friendly Society, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nao Tamai

Affiliation Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Gojiro Nakagami

Affiliation Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Aya Kitamura

Affiliations Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ayumi Naito

Affiliations Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Fujisawa City Hospital, Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, Japan

Masayuki Hirokawa

Affiliation Ochanomizu Vascular & Vein Clinic, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Chisako Shimokawa

Affiliation Ochanomizu Vascular & Vein Clinic, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Takahashi

Affiliation Fujisawa City Hospital, Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, Japan

Junichi Umemoto

Affiliation Fujisawa City Hospital, Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, Japan

Hiromi Sanada

hsanada-tky@umin.ac.jp (HS); gottai-tky@umin.ac.jp (TG)

Affiliation Department of Gerontological Nursing/Wound Care Management, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TG NT GN HS. Formal analysis: TG NT GN. Funding acquisition: TG NT. Investigation: TG AK AN MH CS KT JU. Methodology: TG NT GN HS. Project administration: HS. Resources: AN MH CS KT JU. Software: HS. Visualization: TG GN. Writing – original draft: TG NT GN. Writing – review & editing: AK AN MH CS KT JU HS.