2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Utilization of meditation for the health maintenance of the family caregiver of people with dementia.

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Project/Area Number	20K11131
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
Research Institution	Wakayama Medical University
Principal Investigator	yamamoto akihiro 和歌山県立医科大学, 保健看護学部, 博士研究員 (20320054)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	廣西昌也和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (80316116) 早川博子和歌山県立医科大学, 保健看護学部, 助教 (30722897) 川村晃右京都橘大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (20708961)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	瞑想 / 認知症 / 介護家族 / 精神的健康 / 心理的ストレス / 介護負担
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Meditation practices were carried out at intervals of 1 week (4th in total) in summer and winter seasons. The data (J-GHQ_30, SRS_18, J-ZBI_8) from both seasons were summed and averaged. Each averaged data just before the 1st practice compared with the averaged data just after the 1th, just after the 4th and 2 weeks after the 4th. Of GHQ, in the total score just after the 1st, just after the 4th and 2 weeks after the 4th, in general health 2 weeks after the 4th, in anxiety/mood disturbance just after the 4th and 2 weeks after the 4th or in insomnia just after the 1st, just after the 4th and 2 weeks after the 4th, the meditation effects were showed. Of SRS, in the total score just after the 1st, in irritability/anger just after the 1st or in helplessness just after the 1st and 2 weeks after the 4th, the meditation effects were showed. ZBI, in the total score just after the 1st or in personal strain just after the 1st and just after the 4th, the meditation effects were showed.
Free Research Field	精神看護学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	認知症者等の介護家族は、介護に伴う不安等から心身に不調を来すこす可能性があり、それは介護家族のQOLを損なうだけでなく、認知症者等の生活にも影響を及ぼし得る。また老々介護が増加しており、同居家族多くが悩みやストレスを抱えている事が示されている。しかしながら介護家族の精神的負担を軽減するためのシステムは確立されておらず、その対策は喫緊の課題だと考える。瞑想は他の心理的療法と異なり、方法修得後は専門家の関与を必要とせず、仕事や家庭の事情により自由が制限される人でも、時間や場所に制約されず実施できる利点があるとされる。そのため本研究で瞑想による介護家族の精神的健康等の改善が示唆された意義は大きい。