2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study of an effective nursing intervention music therapy for elderly severe dementia

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19592567
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	SAKAMOTO Mayumi (川島眞由美) Kobe University, 大学院・保健学研究科, 助教 (10437444)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	KAWAMATA Toshio 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (70214690) ANDO Hiroshi 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (30144562) YAMAZAKI Ikuko 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (90295428) THUTO Akimithu 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (40143945) NAKAMURA Miyu 神戸大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 准教授 (40189064)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	重度認知症高齢者 / 音楽 / 自律神経
Research Abstract	This study is to clarify what influence music brings to autonomic nerve function of the elderly with sever dementia. This method first divided the serious dementia senior citizen into the active participation group, the passive participation group, and the control group, and did intervention that used favorite music next once a week individually. The evaluation method used the Acceleration Plethysmography (Autonomic nerve function) and Face Scale (feeling). As a result, it was confirmed that both of a passive listening and an active singing that used favorite music were effective of mental stability.

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