Dementia
Conditions
Interventions
We have the patients watch RAKUGO and picture-story show in dialect for 15 to 30 minutes twice a week.(2months) And examine MMSE,PGC Moral Scale,GBS Scale,WFT,Free conversation in 3 minutes, before a
Sponsors
Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1,Elderly people over the age of 65 diagnosed as dementia by a physician 2,Patients with mild to moderate dementia:over 10 points in MMSE 3,Those who can answer "yes" or "no" to the question, such as "Have you ever felt lonely?" 4,Speakers of "Kansai-ben"(a dialect in Kansai region) who spent the language formative years in Kansai region except for Tajima in Hyogo, west area of Tango in Kyoto and Oku-Yoshino in Nara.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1,Patients with problems in communication 2,Patients with hearing difficulties 3,Dialect speaker except for the "kansai-ben" 4,Patients who are planning to start or change treatment on dementia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences of the score between before the intervention and after two months from it: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE),Gottfries Brane Steen(GBS) Scale,Philadelphia Geriatric Center(PGC) Moral Scale,Word Fluency Test (WFT),Free conversation in 3 minutes | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYukari Torihata
Kyoto Univesity Home medical care nursing
Outcome results
None listed