Studies reported that a videophone conversation allows individuals with dementia to be psychologically stable even after a 3-hour conversation session. The individuals who exhibited difficulty in watching TV programs could still enjoy a conversation. This follow-up study investigated the effectiveness of a videophone conversation using five subjects with mild to moderate dementia.Kiyoshi Yasuda, Jin Narumoto, Mutsuo Sano, Noriaki Kuwahara, Kazuhiro Kuwabara (2019) The Sustained and Selective Effectiveness of a Videophone Conversation for Individuals with Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Research and Therapy - 1(1):6-14.
Caregiver In addition, the subjects appeared to be more After the videophone conversation ended, she psychologically stable 3 h after conversing through was able to smoothly perform the household tasks that I videophone than watching TV. However, no significant asked. This may be due to the satisfaction she felt after statistical differences were obtained from the two having the conversation. sessions [t (4) = 1.53, p > 0.05]. Talking Partner The average score of the five subjects is shown in the delayed evaluation (Fig. 2). The average scores of I decided to prepare topics beforehand with the www.openaccesspub.org | JALR CC-license DOI : coming soon Vol-1 Issue 1 Pg. no.9 Freely Available Online Table 2. The scores of the revised GBS scale Subjects Sub.1 Sub.2 Sub.3 Sub.4 Sub.5 Sessions A B A B A B A B A B Numbers of sessions (Days) 5#) 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 The concomitant evaluation; the average scores of the revised GBS scale
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GBS:B* Impaired wakefulness 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.8 0 0 0 1.6 Impaired concentration 0 0 0 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.2 1.2 2.8 Absent-mindedness 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0.2 0.8 1.2 Long-windedness 0 0 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.7 1.4 0 1.2 1.6 DBS:D Confusion 0 0 0.4 0.4 0 0.3 0 0.2 1.2 2.6 Irritability 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.8 1.4 Anxiety 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0.8 1.2 Agony 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.7 0 0 0.2 0.8 Reduced mood 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.8 0.8 Restlessness 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 1.2 0 0 1.2 2.4 Average 0 0 0.12 0.18 0.15 0.6 0.26 0.06 0.82 1.64 The delayed evaluation; Overall psychological stability Average of 3 h after sessions 0 0 0 0 0.3 1.7 0 0 1.8 2.6 NOTE. *: GBS scale, Section B; intellectual functions, : GBS scale, Section D; different symptoms common in dementia, : Sessions A and B, ): Videophone conversation, : watching TV programs,
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#: number of sessions (days) Figure 1. The average scores of the revised GBS scale of the five subjects in the concomitant evaluation. Abbreviations: Sub, Subjects; A, Session A; B, Session B. www.openaccesspub.org | JALR CC-license DOI : coming soon Vol-1 Issue 1 Pg. no.10 Freely Available Online Figure 2. The average scores of the revised GBS scale for five subjects in the delayed evaluation. Abbreviations: Sub, Subjects; A, Session A; B, Session B. aid of the Internet, for example, the river in her Talking Partner hometown and the names of mountains. She enjoyed During the conversation, she would sometimes talking about them. joke, saying I wonder why I am talking about these Subject 4 stories. Caregiver
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Discussion Before starting the conversation, he would say that he did not want to talk. However, after starting the Kuwahara et al. 14 and Yasuda et al. 15 reported that some of the subjects remained psychologically conversation, he enjoyed and continued talking, and stable for more than 3 h after the conversation session some sessions would last over 30 min. Although he has ended. Further, the selective beneficial effectiveness good concentration, he would sometimes repeatedly talk was observed in subjects with dementia who exhibited about the same topics. difficulty in watching TV programs but who were still
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