2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Daily activities and energy expenditure of wandering elderly people with Dementia
| Project/Area Number |
19592596
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Yamaguchi University (2008-2009)
Yamaguchi Prefectural University (2007) |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUTSUMI Masae Yamaguchi University, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (80280212)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOBAYASHI Toshio 広島大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (20251069)
TANAKA Makiko 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 教授 (80227173)
TOMEHATA Sumie 山口大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (40360995)
MATSUI Shiho 前山口大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (00403668)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 認知症 / 徘徊 / 生活行動 / 消費エネルギー / 低アルブミン血症 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to clarify the energy expenditure of dementia patients with wandering symptoms. Results of a time study to monitor daily activities of a dementia patient, who had been wandering for hours and losing weight, clearly indicated excessive energy expenditure.
Hypoalbuminemia was found in 42.6% of institutionalized elderly people with cognitive dysfunction. On the other hand, frail elderly people that had taken all meals based on an adequate nutritional assessment and had been in good mental health maintained energy intake and energy expenditure well-balanced, and no hypoalbuminemia was found in them.
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Research Products
(8 results)
