The comfortable stimuli to older people possibly improve abnormal sleep/wake patterns followed by delirium

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293464
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: TSUTSUMI Masae 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (80280212)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野垣 宏 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10218290) ; 小林 敏生 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院(保), 教授 (20251069) ; 清水 慶久 九州保健福祉大学, 生命医科学部, 教授 (80403674) ; 末永 弘美 山口大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (10372707)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 快刺激 / 睡眠 / 自律神経

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of individual’s preferred stimuli to sleep/wake patterns and autonomic nerve activities with objective data. We investigated for the purpose of preventing delirium　that tends to occur in older people in a hospital. The results clarified the relaxation effects of individual’s preferred stimuli, and the time-zone when delirium likely emerged after invasive operation.

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