臨床症状
Suzanna Apostolovski1, Jordanne Holland1,2, Amer M Burhan3
1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 26, 2025
まとめ
本研究では、長期ケア(LTC)における行動・心理症状(BPSD)の管理のためのテクノロジー統合ケアパスウェイ(Tech-ICP)を紹介します。革新的な介入を通じて、入居者の幸福度の向上と薬物使用の削減を目指します。
科学分野:
- ジェロントロジー
- 臨床心理学
- ヘルスインフォマティクス
背景:
- 長期ケア(LTC)の入居者は、認知障害および認知症の行動・心理症状(BPSD)を頻繁に経験します。
- LTCにおける現在のBPSD管理はしばしば最適ではなく、精神作用薬への過度の依存と非薬理学的アプローチの使用不足につながっています。
- 薬理学的および非薬理学的アプローチを組み合わせた統合ケアパスウェイ(ICP)が、以前にBPSD管理のために開発されました。
主な方法:
- Tech-ICPは、評価ツール、監視システム、およびICP原則に基づいたアルゴリズム治療を統合します。
- 介入には、臨床医ダッシュボード、ウェアラブル生体監視デバイス、および回想法およびスタッフトレーニングのための仮想現実(VR)が含まれます。
- 3年間のステップウェッジ実用的試験が、準備評価、実装、および持続可能性のフェーズを含む、トロントの40のLTCで実施されます。
結論:
- Tech-ICPは、高度な技術的介入を統合することにより、LTCにおけるBPSD管理のための持続可能なモデルを提供します。
- このアプローチは、ケアの質を向上させ、薬物使用を最適化し、入居者と介護者の幸福度を高めることが期待されます。
- 調査結果は、LTC集団におけるBPSDの将来の実用的試験の設計に情報を提供します。
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