2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Eating Assistance Method that Corresponds toFunctional Level of Swallowing for Patients with a Swallowing Disorder
| Project/Area Number |
22592432
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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 |
Fundamental nursing
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| Research Institution | Kurume University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NOMURA Shihoko 順天堂大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00218356)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 口腔機能 / 嚥下障害 / 神経難病 / 舌筋力 / 食事援助 |
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| Research Abstract |
It is aimed to find out measuring method that can objectively judge eating/swallowing function level of patients at home and facilities, and it is targeted to develop assisting method to reduce difficulties of eating meal practice by patients/helpers and assistance.Eating/swallowing function of healthy people was measured, and judging indexes and measuring method were examined. Next as a result of measuring patients of intractable neurological diseases at home and facilities likewise, characteristics of swallowing function of intractable neurological diseases are clarified and possibility is gained to utilize this time measuring method in judging swallowing function of intractable neurological diseases patients at home and facilities.
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