Yamashita M, Kubota T, Fuchita E, Yokoyama K, Hayashi H, Okamoto S, Sano E, Matsuo A, Shimasue N, Watanabe T, Kawashima R, Sugimoto K
Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, Japan.
Int Nurs Rev. 2007 Jun;54(2):179-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00541.x.
To evaluate the clinical use of the Abilities Assessment Instrument (AAI) when used together with Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), thus examining the concurrent validity of the instrument. Also, to evaluate the effect of a learning program administered for elders with dementia.
Fourteen older people, who were afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, were invited into a learning program. Measures were taken at baseline, at 3 months and 6 months to see the effects of the program. Instruments used in the study were the AAI, the MMSE and the FAB.
There were statistically significant differences measured by the Japanese version of the AAI in the subjects' abilities to perform the learning tasks between 3 and 6 months after intervention. No statistical significant differences were noted at any points in time measured by the MMSE or the FAB.
The translated AAI promises to be a valid instrument for nurses' use in their day-to-day assessment of Japanese elders. The AAI appears also to be useful in learning programs with this population, and may have value as a screening tool.
评估能力评估工具（AAI）与简易精神状态检查表（MMSE）和额叶评估量表（FAB）联合使用时的临床应用情况，从而检验该工具的同时效度。此外，评估针对老年痴呆症患者实施的学习项目的效果。
邀请14名患有阿尔茨海默病或相关痴呆症的老年人参加一个学习项目。在基线、3个月和6个月时进行测量，以观察该项目的效果。研究中使用的工具包括AAI、MMSE和FAB。
干预后3至6个月期间，日语版AAI测量的受试者执行学习任务的能力存在统计学上的显著差异。MMSE或FAB在任何测量时间点均未发现统计学上的显著差异。
翻译后的AAI有望成为护士日常评估日本老年人的有效工具。AAI在针对该人群的学习项目中似乎也很有用，并且可能具有作为筛查工具的价值。
