The Survey for Current State and Dognition of Activities of Daily Living in Dementia Patients-

Hojin Choi; Young Soon Yang; Hee-Jin Kim; Hae Ri Na; Yong S. Shim; Kyung Won Park; Dong Won Yang; Seung Hyun Kim; Il-Woo Han; Seol-Heui Han; Kee Hyung Park

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Choi, Yang, Kim, Na, Shim, Park, Yang, Kim, Han, Han, and Park: The Survey for Current State and Dognition of Activities of Daily Living in Dementia Patients- "Il-sang-ye-chan" Campaign

Original Article

Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2013; 12(2): 47-51.

Published online: 31 March 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12779/dnd.2013.12.2.47

The Survey for Current State and Dognition of Activities of Daily Living in Dementia Patients- "Il-sang-ye-chan" Campaign

Hojin Choi, M.D.^*, Young Soon Yang, M.D.^†, Hee-Jin Kim, M.D.^*, Hae Ri Na, M.D.^‡, Yong S. Shim, M.D.^§, Kyung Won Park, M.D.^∥, Dong Won Yang, M.D.^§, Seung Hyun Kim, M.D.^*, Il-Woo Han, M.D.^¶, Seol-Heui Han, M.D.^**, Kee Hyung Park, M.D.^††

^*Department of Neurology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

^†Department of Neurology, Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

^‡Department of Neurology, Bobath Memorial Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.

^§Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

^∥Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

^¶Department of Neurology, Hyoja Geriatric Hospital, Yongin, Korea.

^**Department of Neurology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

^††Department of Neurology, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Kee Hyung Park, M.D. Department of Neurology, Gachon University, Gil Medical Center, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Korea. Tel: +82-32-460-8683, Fax: +82-32-460-3344, khpark@gachon.ac.kr

Received 26 April 2013 Revised 25 June 2013 Accepted 25 June 2013

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Abstract

Background

Disability of Activities of daily living (ADL) is the most important factor for care of dementia patients. So Korean Dementia Association has prepared the survey for current state and cognition of active daily living in Korean dementia patients.

Methods

A total of 100 subjects were interviewed. Structured open and closed questions about ADL for dementia were asked. They are main caregivers of dementia patients who working over 5hours per day. Assessments included age, sex, education level, economic status, severity of dementia patients, pattern of the care-giving, current state and cognition of ADL, and needs of the caregivers.

Results

The cognition of ADL was very low (51%) and this is correlated with economic status. Increasing of care-giving time is the most stressful for caregivers, they frequently suffered from disability of outgoing and personal hygiene. Dementia patient's ADL disability causes serious economic losses, need of the caregivers about guide lines or education program was very high.

Conclusion

Considering these results, we should design more detailed study about dementia patient's ADL disability and prepare guide line or program for it.

Keywords: Activities of daily living, Dementia, Caregiver

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1

Prevalence of patterns of caregiver burden.

Fig. 2

Prevalence of ADL disability in dementia patients. (A) Prevalence of symptoms that caregiver experienced. (B) Prevalence of symptoms that seriously bothered caregiver.

Fig. 3

The economic burden of caregivers for dementia patients. The average of shortening the working hours: 14.55 hours/week.

Fig. 4

Needs of the caregivers for dementia patients.

Table 1

The characteristics of respondents and patients

ADL; Activities of daily living.

Table 2

The influence of familial economic status on the caregiving patterns

^*Monthly familial income was below 2000,000 won; ^†Monthly familial income was over 4000,000 won.

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