Education for Promoting Verbal Communication maong Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities and Assessment of its effects
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17592328
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Tokai University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUKAYA Yasuko Tokai University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Professor (20238447)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUZUKI Kazuko Tokai University, Professor (10297228)
KITAMURA Takanori Tokai University, Faculty of Law, Professor (00234279)
小山 幸代 東海大学, 健康科学部, 助教授 (70153690)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
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| Keywords | Verbal Communication / Geriatric Care Facilities / Nursing Staff / Type I Communication / Type II Communication / Speech / Educational Program / 介護療養型医療施設 / 声かけ / 高齢者 / コミュニケーション / 高齢者施設 |
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| Research Abstract |
Study objective : We elucidated in a previous study that verbal communication among nursing staff at geriatric care facilities comprised type I communication, which was used for performing activities of daily living, and type II communication, which was necessary for social life, and that the latter promoted more speech among elderly individuals. In the present study, we conducted and assessed the effects of an educational program for promoting type II communication.
Study methods : Subjects included 38 elderly individuals at three long-term recuperation facilities in addition to 267 nursing staff who had opportunities to interact with these individuals. We conducted an educational program consisting of lectures and groupwork for staff that enabled them to understand the importance of type II communication and to implement type II communication in nursing and care activities. We measured the amount of time the staff spent talking to elderly individuals as well as the duration of speech among elderly individuals prior to, one week after, and three months after intervention and statistically compared the effects.
Results : At two of the three facilities, type II communication significantly increased one week after intervention and also remained high after three months, although no significant differences were observed. Similar results were obtained for the duration of speech among elderly individuals. Type II communication significantly decreased one week as well as three months after intervention as the number of elderly individuals per staff member increased.
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