Education for Promoting Verbal Communication maong Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities and Assessment of its effects

研究目的：我们阐明在以前的研究中，在老年护理设施的护理人员之间的口头交流包括I型通信，这是用于执行日常生活活动，和II型通信，这是必要的社会生活，而后者促进更多的老年人之间的讲话。在本研究中，我们进行和评估的教育计划，促进II型communication.Study方法的影响：受试者包括38名老年人在三个长期疗养设施除了267护理人员谁有机会与这些人互动。我们进行了一个教育计划，包括讲座和小组工作的工作人员，使他们能够理解第二类沟通的重要性，并在护理和护理活动中实施第二类沟通。我们测量的时间的工作人员花在与老年人交谈，以及老年人之间的讲话持续时间之前，一周后，和三个月后的干预和统计比较effects.Results：在两个三个设施，II型通信显着增加一周后，干预，也保持在三个月后高，虽然没有显着差异。在老年人的言语持续时间方面也得到了类似的结果。第二类通信显着减少一个星期，以及三个月后，干预的老年人的人数增加，每名工作人员。

Study objective : We elucidated in a previous study that verbal communication among nursing staff at geriatric care facilities comprised type I communication, which was used for performing activities of daily living, and type II communication, which was necessary for social life, and that the latter promoted more speech among elderly individuals. In the present study, we conducted and assessed the effects of an educational program for promoting type II communication.Study methods : Subjects included 38 elderly individuals at three long-term recuperation facilities in addition to 267 nursing staff who had opportunities to interact with these individuals. We conducted an educational program consisting of lectures and groupwork for staff that enabled them to understand the importance of type II communication and to implement type II communication in nursing and care activities. We measured the amount of time the staff spent talking to elderly individuals as well as the duration of speech among elderly individuals prior to, one week after, and three months after intervention and statistically compared the effects.Results : At two of the three facilities, type II communication significantly increased one week after intervention and also remained high after three months, although no significant differences were observed. Similar results were obtained for the duration of speech among elderly individuals. Type II communication significantly decreased one week as well as three months after intervention as the number of elderly individuals per staff member increased.