Effect of wearing fingers rings on the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: an exploratory study

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350653
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: Yokoi Teruo 大阪行岡医療大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (00412247)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKAMURA Hitoshi 広島大学, 大学院医歯薬保健学研究科, 教授 (40311419)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: アルツハイマー病 / 認知症 / BPSD / 自尊心 / 指輪

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study was conducted to examine the effects that wear finger rings on elderly females with BPSD. The subjects were seven dementia patients. A single-case experimental design was adopted for the study. Each study subject was asked to put rings on her finger for 7 days. NPI and scenes of BPSD were determined. The majority of nursing care providers assessed that the irritability that was noted during the baseline period disappeared during the ring-wearing intervention period in the 3 patients who displayed an interest in rings. It was commonly seen that the staff told the patients: “you look so beautiful” when they found a patient wearing rings. In subjects with low self-esteem, anger readily arises when they are slighted by others. Self-esteem is low in those women who are aware of their own status of collapsing intellect. It is concluded that the words of conjuration: “you look so beautiful” heightened the self-esteem and alleviated irritability in the study subjects.

Free Research Field

人間医工学