An Empirical Study Toward the Development of a Japanese Version of The Scenario Test, a Dialogue Measurement Scale

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K21154
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
• Principal Investigator: KODANI Yuhei 川崎医療福祉大学, リハビリテーション学部, 助教 (30909429)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 失語症者 / コミュニケーション能力 / 神経心理学 / 計量心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the three years of this research, we completed the creation of the Japanese version of The Scenario Test (ST-JP), which was the main objective of this research, and the demonstration for its clinical implementation. The results were published in an English paper, which was accepted, and the results of this research were returned to society.
The Scenario Test is the only rating scale in the world that can measure the interactive communication skills of people with aphasia, and we believe that the fact that its clinical use is now possible in Japan is due to the achievements of this research. In addition, the transparency of the research was ensured by disclosing the research process, procedures, and significance of the ST-JP in Japan in the paper, and the certainty of this research was robustly confirmed.
In summary, this study has fully achieved its original objectives.

Free Research Field

神経心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The Scenario Test (ST) は、失語症者の対話的なコミュニケーションを測定できる唯一の神経心理学的尺度で、失語症への介入研究および臨床では訓練効果の検証の国際的に奨励されるものであることが知られている(Wallace,S.J.,2019)。しかし、STは欧州圏にしか存在せず、日本では勿論のことアジア圏に存在しなかった。
本研究でST日本語版を臨床活用するための基盤が整った。対話的コミュニケーション能力を高い精度で測定できれば、エビデンスの構築が急がれる失語症訓練の日本およびアジア圏の発展を推進できる点は大きな意義を持つ。
以上のことから、本研究の学術的・社会的意義は大きい。