2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Psychological study of capacity and advocacy in aged persons with dementia
| Project/Area Number |
23530890
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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 |
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Gakugei University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUDA Osamu 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (60282787)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 認知症 / 能力 / 権利擁護 / 精神鑑定 / 成年後見 / 心理検査 / アセスメント / 知能検査 |
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| Research Abstract |
The results of this study suggested following four points. Aged persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) performed significantly worse on recognition tasks of smell stimulation of city gas and dirty clothes than the controls. Aged persons with AD performed significantly worse on General Ability Index (GAI) score than the controls. Processing Speed Index (PSI) score was the Index score that most decreased by aging. The PSI score was significantly correlated with test-performance on understanding of contract.
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