Development of a new nursing method facilitating early detection and early intervention of developmental disabilities

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463498
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: The University of Shiga Prefecture
• Principal Investigator: Oowaki Makiko 滋賀県立大学, 人間看護学部, 准教授 (00280008)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 育子 山形県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (20261703) ; 法橋 尚宏 神戸大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (60251229) ; 中村 由美子 文京学院大学, 保健医療技術学部, 教授 (60198249) ; 伊藤 耕嗣 青森県立保健大学, 健康科学部, 助教 (70610814)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 発達障害 / 早期発見・早期支援 / 早期治療 / 早期療育 / 育児支援 / 携帯アプリケーション / アセスメントツール / 看護方法の開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to assist parents in the early recognition and acceptance of their child’s developmental disabilities, which enable smooth involvement in their childcare, Manim, a mobile application, was developed to be used by both parents and nursing professionals including midwives, nurses, community nurses, for the improved information- sharing and intervention. Manim is so designed that the childcare information is documented regardless of the presence or absence of disabilities, enabling nursing professionals to output the chronologically-documented information whenever necessary. In our experimental-base study, in which 108 parents participated in the trial operation, 92.5% responded favorably emphasizing the easiness with use. Meanwhile, only 2.8% actually utilized the information when consulting with others. Encouragement from the nursing specialists should be needed to enhance increased usage by parents.

Free Research Field

母子看護・家族看護