Development of an Assessment of Quality of Activities (QOA) for the Elderly with Dementia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26893132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Ogawa Masahiro 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (00732182)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症 / ＱＯＬ / ＱＯＡ / 観察評価 / 高齢者 / 活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ｉn facilities for the elderly some activities, such as recreation and gymnastics, are provided. However, there in no effective assessment for participants wiht dimentia who can't select an activity and express their attitude toward their activity. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to clarify items to assess effects of activities by observation. From interview and postal survey on well-experienced occupational therapists, we found that observational items were "Engaging Activity", "Emotional expression during Activity", "Verbal expression during Activity", "Social Interaction through Activity", and "Something Obtained as Outcome of Activity".

Free Research Field

高齢期作業療法学