Empirical research on care techniques for patients/pediatric patients with eating and swallowing disorders

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670949
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Science
• Principal Investigator: motomura miwa 茨城県立医療大学, 保健医療学部, 助教 (10641673)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ICHIMURA Kumiko 茨城県立医療大学, 保健医療学部 看護学科, 教授 (00143149) ; MATUDA Tamiko 茨城県立医療大学, 保健医療学部 看護学科, 教授 (60239035) ; YOSHKAWA Fumihito びわこ成蹊スポーツ大学, 競技スポーツ系, 准教授 (50371167) ; NAKAMURA Maki 茨城県立医療大学, 保健医療学部 看護学科, 講師 (90444934)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 摂食嚥下障害 / リハビリテーション / 食事介助 / 姿勢 / 嚥下時間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Many reports also address issues faced by caregivers who help these patients to eat such as selecting the appropriate eating utensils and the amount of food per bite. With this in mind, we conducted an experiment focusing on the caregiver's posture and the patient's swallowing function. In this experiment, we instructed the caregiver to provide eating assistance while standing and while seated, and with the head of the patient's bed elevated at 30° and 60° while in the long sitting position. Each of these four combinations were designated A to D, and the caregiver assisted the patient to eat jelly (5 g) using a spoon. We then measured surface muscle activity on the patient's suprahyoid muscle group using surface electromyography. The main effects of the caregiver's posture were significant, with mean swallowing time being significantly shorter when the caregiver was seated than when standing.

Free Research Field

摂食嚥下障害看護