Does caregiver daily impression (CDI) reflect the change in health condition among frail elderlies?

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K19293
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Jichi Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Ae Ryusuke 自治医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (70554567)
• Research Collaborator: KOJO Takao 東海大学, 健康学部健康マネジメント学科, 准教授 ; KARASCH Matthew ささりんどう鎌倉(特別養護老人ホーム), 施設長
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: CDI / 特別養護老人ホーム / 介護スタッフ / 高齢者介護 / 元気さの定量的計測 / 観察的所見

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to quantitatively estimate "GENKI (in Japanese) which likely means vitality or liveliness in English" in frail elderlies using the caregiver daily impression (CDI) instrument, and to verify whether they can be utilized in medical, nursing, or welfare settings. The CDI is defined as the intuitive impression on elderlies by the caregivers, following the previous research.
Originally, paper-based CDI checklists were used to obtain standardized data appropriately from the formal caregivers working in different long-term care facilities. However, it was unexpectedly hard to accurately obtain the data from the caregivers during their working because of the extra burden. Thus, data collection procedure was changed from paper-based system to electronic software system which is daily using by caregivers in their facilities. The pilot introduction of the system into one elderly long-term care facility is scheduled in June 2018. Future standardized data collection is expected.

Free Research Field

老年医学、総合内科、疫学、公衆衛生学