2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Analysis of the actual condition of caregivers' QOL and the possibility of QOL improvement by oral care

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23593097
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Social dentistry
Research Institution	Iwate Medical University
Principal Investigator	FUMIE Aizawa 岩手医科大学, 歯学部, 助教 (80216754)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	KISHI Mitsuo 岩手医科大学, 歯学部, 准教授 (60295988) ABE Akiko 岩手医科大学, 歯学部, 講師 (90185992) MINAMI Kentaro 岩手医科大学, 歯学部, 助教 (10364374)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	高齢者介護 / 介護者のQOL / 介護負担 / 職務満足度 / ｾﾙﾌｴｽﾃｨｰﾑ / 口腔関連QOL / 口腔ケアへの意欲
Research Abstract	We carried out a questionnaire survey to family caregivers and nursing care staffs of the elderly in Japan. As a result, it was identified that QOL of caregivers was significantly lower than the Japanese standared value. Analysis revealed that the care burden was a factor that decreases their QOL, and the nursing care staffs with high job satisfaction had lighter care burde. In addition, caregivers with high willingness to oral care had higher QOL, higher self-esteem and lighter care burden was observed. From these reslts, a possibility that willingness to oral care is the cause of improving QOL was suggested.

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