2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of changes of clinical symptoms before incidents of falls in older adults with dementia: A comparison between inpatients and community-dwelling people using senior day-care services.
| Project/Area Number |
23500664
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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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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kibi International University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITOH KEISUKE 吉備国際大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 教授 (20325913)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIRAGAMI Fukumi 吉備国際大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 教授 (60278976)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HARADA Kazuhiro 吉備国際大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 准教授 (80449892)
KAGAWA Koujiro 関西福祉大学, 社会福祉学研究科, 特任教授 (70142875)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 認知症高齢者 / 転倒予測 / 知的機能 / 行動・心理症状 / 身体機能 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study was to clarify changes of intellectual function and behavioral symptoms before falls, using data from repeated measurements, in older inpatients with dementia and community-dwelling older people using day-care service for dementia. The results indicated that both intellectual function and behavioral symptoms of fallers worsened significantly prior to falling in the inpatients. By contrast, both intellectual function and behavioral symptoms of fallers were stable in the community-dwelling people, and significantly higher than those of non-fallers. These findings indicated that some specific types of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia may involve an occurrence of fall. This study leads implications for a conceptual framework for fall prediction rule in older adults with dementia.
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Research Products
(6 results)
