Evaluation of IT-based Communication between Dementia Patient's Family and Caregivers

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21530603
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: UCHIYAMA Eiko 慶應義塾大学, 政策・メディア研究科, 特任准教授(非常勤) (00365503)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AKIYAMA Miki 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 准教授 (50439254)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HANAI Sotaro 国立循環器病センター, 研究所, 研究室長 (20142185)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 認知症 / 家族 / 介護 / IT / 連携

Research Abstract

We examined the effectiveness of IT-based communication between dementia patient's family and caregivers. There were three points we examined : does communication between family and caregivers increase ; how does information exchange affect care-derived stress that patient's family feel ; whether the use of IT-based communication media increase the time that caregivers spent on administrative work. The results indicated that the increase of communication decrease the anxiety of patient's family, and IT-based communication does not increase the burden that caregivers' put on their daily administrative work compared to their paper-based work.