Effect of a nail coloring intervention on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia of elderly people with dementia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26502018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: ケア学
• Research Institution: Kibi International University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Mitsuya 吉備国際大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 准教授 (10368722)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 横井 輝夫 高知県立大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (00412247) ; 岡村 仁 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究科(保), 教授 (40311419)
• Research Collaborator: ARAKI Yukari 一般社団法人日本保健福祉ネイリスト協会, 理事長 ; OGATA Noriya 一般社団法人日本保健福祉ネイリスト協会, 理事 ; YAMASHITA Satoko 一般社団法人日本保健福祉ネイリスト協会, 理事 ; SATO Megumi NPOオーセンティックQOL, 代表 ; SAKAMOTO Masanori 介護老人保健施設, 古都の森, 作業療法士 ; FUKUSHIMA Kumiko 吉備国際大学, 保健医療福祉学部・理学療法学科・佐藤三矢研究室, リサーチアシスタント
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症 / 高齢者 / 女性 / ネイル / BPSD / QOL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted nail-coloring therapy intervention targeting elderly individuals with dementia to clarify changes of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and quality of life utilizing a randomized controlled trial. Subjects of this study were the 77 elderly individuals with dementia at a long-term care facility.After randomly separating subjects in two groups, we applied nail-coloring therapy to the Intervention Group (n=38) twice per week for three months. Data obtained from the study were used to compare the two groups utilizing two-way factorial analysis of variance (two-way factorial ANOVA). Results revealed significant interaction between the two groups regarding subject BPSD and QOL. [Conclusion] Results suggested that three-month nail-coloring therapy may reduce BPSD in elderly individuals with dementia at a long-term care facility.

Free Research Field

介護予防