Verification of appropriate dementia care and cognitive rehabilitation by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurement

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K12431
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka Medical College
• Principal Investigator: Kubota Masakazu 大阪医科大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (80452267)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 樋上 容子 大阪医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (60706927) ; 上山 ゆりか 藤田医科大学, 保健衛生学部, 講師 (20773154)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 認知リハビリテーション / 脳活動計測装置 / かかわり

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We evaluated the effect of nurse involvement during cognitive rehabilitation using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). As a result, cerebral blood flow changes significantly during the intervention of the nurse. It was suggested that it may be activated to promote the effect of cognitive rehabilitation. In this study, it was shown that the effects of cognitive rehabilitation, which have been performed almost uniformly while the effects were hard to see and vague, were visualized, and that the effects were further increased by the involvement of nurses. It is extremely important to show that "appropriate involvement" may contribute to the increase of cerebral blood flow by using objective scientific data.

Free Research Field

老年看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

効果が見えにくく曖昧な評価のまま、ほぼ一律に行われてきた認知リハビリテーションについて、その効果を可視化し、看護師のかかわりによって、その効果をより増大させることを示した点については、今後の認知リハビリテーションの実施に対する看護師の取り組み方に示唆を与えた。客観的な科学的データを用いて「適切なかかわり」が脳血流量の増大に寄与する可能性を示したことは学術的意義として極めて重要な点である。