Bourgeois M S
Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
J Speech Hear Res. 1991 Aug;34(4):831-44. doi: 10.1044/jshr.3404.831.
Intervention studies reporting improvements in communication skills in aging adults presumed to have dementia were identified and reviewed. Whereas the speech-language pathology journals have published only articles on the diagnosis and identification of communication deficits in adults with dementia, over 100 articles on treatments effecting changes in communicative deficiencies were found in psychology, social work, nursing, and gerontology journals. Much evidence supports the potential for positive outcomes from communication treatment with this population. Various design and methodological flaws, however, limit the extent to which these interventions should be applied without further research. Issues of ethics and social validity are discussed, and treatment and research needs are outlined.
我们识别并回顾了一些干预研究，这些研究报告了假定患有痴呆症的老年人沟通技能的改善情况。虽然言语病理学杂志只发表了关于痴呆症成年人沟通缺陷诊断和识别的文章，但在心理学、社会工作、护理和老年医学杂志上发现了100多篇关于改善沟通缺陷治疗效果的文章。许多证据支持对这一人群进行沟通治疗可能产生积极结果。然而，各种设计和方法上的缺陷限制了在没有进一步研究的情况下应用这些干预措施的程度。本文讨论了伦理和社会效度问题，并概述了治疗和研究需求。
