Late-stage elderly requiring outpatient care
Conditions
Interventions
Participants in the art group (intervention group) will do art work once for 30 minutes, twice a week for 12 weeks, in addition to the usual recreation program.
The control group will do a normal recr
Sponsors
Tokushima University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Late-stage elderly over 75 years old 2) Long-term care, support, and rehabilitation are required for mild dementia, cerebrovascular diseases, and trauma. 3) It is expected that they will be able to go to outpatient care for 2 days or more every week and continue art work for 3 months or more. 4) Even if there is cognitive dysfunction, it is possible to understand and perform the outline of art work. 5) They can tear off the masking tape with their finger and stick it.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Elderly people who have severe dementia, psychiatric symptoms, and upper limb movement disorders and cannot perform art work using masking tape. 2) Elderly people who are expected to be unable to continue or complete art work due to a serious underlying disease (cancer or disease with a poor prognosis).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Revised Hasegawa's Dementia scale (HDS-R) (Changes before, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks after the start of art work) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Grip / pinch strength, Barthel index, Lawton's IADL rating scale, vitality index, geriatric depression scale, Lawton's psychological well-being scale (Changes before, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks after the start of art work) Brain MRI morphology evaluation analysis before and after art work | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHarutaka Yamaguchi
Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of General Medicine
Outcome results
None listed