2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Establish a comprehensive pharmacy-based dementia support system and evaluate its effectiveness.
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21K10316
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 58010:Medical management and medical sociology-related
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| Research Institution | Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
福森 亮雄 大阪医科薬科大学, 薬学部, 教授 (00788185)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 認知症 / 介護負担 / 薬局 / 薬剤師 / 地域包括ケア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the first year, a web-based survey was conducted among family caregivers of dementia patients to clarify the current state of caregiving, including medication assistance, care burden, care ability, and caregiving awareness and influencing factors. In the second year, we established the "Pharmacy Comprehensive Support Network," in which pharmacies and community comprehensive support centers collaborate to support caregivers in a region of Osaka Prefecture, and confirmed that this initiative is useful in understanding the problems of patients and caregivers and providing a bridge to necessary intervention and support. In addition, in the second and third years, a training program (START-PharmD) was developed and implemented to strengthen the response and communication skills of pharmacists to support caregivers, and its educational effects were verified.
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| Free Research Field |
社会薬学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究では「薬局を拠点とする包括的な認知症支援体制」を構築することを目的とした。薬局が有する①薬局を訪れる介護者の心身両面の問題に寄り添える「コミュニケーションの機会」を生かした介護負担の軽減、②来局する高齢者と日々接するなかで、認知症の兆候をいち早く発見し、社会的リソースにつなぎ状況を共有できる「フットワークの良さ」を生かした患者・介護者支援、③「処方情報を一元管理できる強み」を生かした薬物療法の適正化、の３つを包括的にカバーする支援体制を構築することにより、本邦のみならず、世界でも認知症支援に対する薬局の役割が明確になり、支援の拠点となり得る可能性がある。
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