TITLE:
Survey on the Use of Information and Communication Technology Tools in Educating Caregivers of Elderly People with Dementia —Analysis from Ichushi and PubMed
AUTHORS:
Miwa Yamamoto, Noriko Adachi, Yasuko Maekawa, Tomoharu Nakashima, Shigeru Sakuraba
KEYWORDS:
Survey, Elderly People with Dementia, ICT Tools
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.4 No.5,
April
25,
2014
ABSTRACT:
This study aimed to
clarify the use of computer simulations in educating caregivers of elderly
people with dementia. Thesaurus words in articles indexed in Ichushi and PubMed
were analyzed using commercially available “Trend Search” text-mining software
developed by FUJITSU. The analysis maps relational words in the articles, with
line size and distance between words showing the strength of the relation. For
ethical purposes, articles were anonymized for analysis. The search was conducted using the query phrases
“elderly people with dementia AND simulation”, and retrieved four
articles from Ichushi (2007-2010) and 16 from PubMed (1992-2012). The search
results revealed that little research has been done on this subject, and
highlighted opportunities to further investigate the use of ICT tools in educating caregivers of
elderly people with dementia.