2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a prospective memory assessment tool for early detection of dementia for use by family members

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20592673
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	Nagoya City University
Principal Investigator	YAMADA Kiyomi Nagoya City University, 看護学部, 教授 (60269636)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NISHIDA Kimiaki 静岡県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10237703)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	認知症 / ツール / 家族 / 早期発見
Research Abstract	This study was undertaken to create a simple assessment tool for detection of dementia at an early stage. For this purpose, we examined 1560 elderly local residents (65-74 years old) were dementia-free based on the Everyday Memory Checklist (EMC). Distributions and average values of responses to the EMC supported results reported from previous studies. Moreover, the Everyday memory Checklist (EMC) was used to obtain high correlation with assessments by others. Results indicate the feasibility of using EMC as a screening scale for dementia for self-use and use by family members.

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