알츠하이머형 치매 환자를 위한 원격언어평가의 유용성 및 만족도 조사 = Usefulness of Telepractical Language Assessment for Patients With Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type and Satisfaction Survey

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: People with dementia often have limited access to speech and language rehabilitation services due to physical and environmental limitations. The purpose of this study was to verify the usefulness of telepractical linguistic assessment for the patient with dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT) and to analyze their satisfaction.
Methods: Twenty-four patients with Alzheimer’s type dementia were included in the study. The K-BNT-15 and STAND were used for language assessment. Each test was administered twice, face-to-face and telepractical assessment, and the correlation and difference between the two scores were analyzed. In addition, a satisfaction questionnaire was administered to patients with DAT and their caregivers.
Results: First, the correlation analysis of the face-to-face and telepractical assessment scores showed a very strong correlation in the K-BNT-15 test, and a significant correlation in all sub-tests of the STAND test. Second, the difference between face-to-face and telepractical assessment scores was not significant in the K-BNT-15 and the STAND. Third, the results of the satisfaction questionnaire analysis showed that the patients with AD showed a high level of satisfaction with an average of 85.7%, and the caregivers showed a relatively high level of satisfaction with an average of 3.9 out of 5.
Conclusions: This study validated the usefulness of telepractical language assessment for people with dementia. These results suggest the possibility of improving the quality and accessibility of speech therapy services in nursing homes for people with dementia who are physically and environmentally limited in their access to speech rehabilitation facilities.