著者

Uchida Yoko

出版者

北関東医学会

雑誌

北関東医学 (ISSN:13432826)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.1, pp.23-29, 2012

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Objectiye: To validate the Outcome and Assessment Scale for Dementia Care (OASDC) by comparisonwith the Multidimensional Observation Scale for Elderly Subjects (MOSES). Methods: The targetswere 126 Jap anese nurses, together with 126 of their demented patients. The self- administered question-naire asked the nurses about the condition of their patients. The questionnaire consisted of 20 OASDCitems, including the base attributes of the nurses and their patients, and 40 MOSES items. OASDC wassubjected to a factor analysis and the correlations between OASDC and MOSES were explored.Results: The factor analysis revealed that OASDC had 5 factors : Self-care; Tranquility; Social role;Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD),; and Caregiver and the cumulativecontribution ratio of all five factors was 63.196. There was a significant correlation between OASDCand MOSES except for the items of care factors (r=O.201 to O.926, p<O.05). Conclusion : The evalua-tion almost completely secured the validity of the construct validity and contemporary validity of theOASDC.