2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a self-assessment scale for dementia care preparedness of elderly males

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Project/Area Number	16K12271
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Gerontological nursing
Research Institution	Tokyo Kasei University (2018-2019) Tokyo University of Technology (2017) Shukutoku University (2016)
Principal Investigator	Negishi Takako 東京家政大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (40709250)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	鈴木英子国際医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学研究科, 教授 (20299879) 柴田滋子淑徳大学, 看護栄養学部, 講師 (90622077) 加藤千恵子東洋大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (50369865)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Keywords	男性介護 / 介護準備 / 尺度開発 / 高齢介護
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aims to develop a self-assessment scale for care preparedness in elderly males and to examine the reliability and validity of the scale. As a result of an exploratory factor analysis using the data from 274 elderly males, items with low factor loads were deleted, resulting in a care preparedness scale with 4 factors and 17 items. The four factors were named “Elderly couple’s affection”, “housework performance”, “knowledge about care”, and “presence of friends to assist in the care”. The Cronbach's α coefficient was .85 for the entire scale and .84 to .91 for the subfactors, showing sufficient internal consistency. A significant main effect was found by the subscale analysis of variance in terms of lifestyle and subjective well-being, and a level of validity was established. The reliability and level of validity of the self-assessment scale for care preparedness in elderly males developed in this study was established.
Free Research Field	老年看護学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本尺度は、介護に携わっていない男性高齢者が、将来の介護においてどの程度準備できているかを自己評価して、介護準備態勢を知ることを目的とした尺度である。尺度活用において、現時点での介護学習や方法、仲間との相談関係、もしくは夫婦関係の見直しなど、自己の介護の準備性を知り、介護準備の内発動機づけになる。健康な時期に介護の準備しておくことで将来の介護の不安の軽減につながる。また、講座等の学習開始時に介護準備態勢を評価することで、講義に対するモチベーションも高まると考える。尺度を自己評価して参加者同士ディスカッションなど、他者と自己の違いや共通点を見出すことで学習意欲も高まることが期待される。