A study on development of the physical fatigue evaluation tool using the human voice of the family caregiver in the home

• Project/Area Number: 20790392
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: CHIBA Noboru Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Science, 保健医療学部, 助教 (30347926)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 介護 / 福祉 / 介護疲労

Research Abstract

In this study, we analyzed the human voice of the family caregiver for a chaos theory and examined the possibility that could evaluate physical fatigue objectively. As for the subjective physical fatigue of the daily life level of a care worker and the caregiver in being at home, the fatigue evaluation using the analysis of the chaos theory was impossible. The technique using chaos theory had a limit, and it was suggested that a study was more necessary.