The development of behavioral management approach for individual dementia

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380958
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Seirei Christopher University (2013, 2015-2016); Nagoya City University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: SATO JUNKO 聖隷クリストファー大学, リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (90566233)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 精神症状 / QOL / 介護者 / 行動的介入療法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In dementia patients, various types of neuropsychiatric symptoms cause severe distress to caregivers. The type of neuropsychiatric symptoms differ among different types of dementia patients. Thus, it is clinical important for caregivers with different types of dementia patients to develop interventions. In addition, QOL is important indicator to assess multiple faces of real life in dementia patients. The present study aimed to evaluate not only the caregivers’ stress but also the QOL of dementia patients (Alzheimer’s disease n=8, Lewy body’s disease n=4, Frontotemporal dementia n=1) used by behavioral management approach. The behavioral management approach resulted in the improvements of not only QUL scores (caregivers’ ratings) but also some items of QOL scores (patients’ ratings) in dementia patients after intervention. The behavioral management is easy and safe to perform, and will be benefit to not only caregivers stress but also patients’ QOL.

Free Research Field

老年精神医学