Gro Gade Haanes á Megindeildini fyri náttúru- og heilsuvísindi hevur tikið lut á altjóða ráðstevnu í Tailandi

19. - 22. oktober 2015 var 10. altjóða ráðstevnan fyri gerontologi og geriatri (IAGG) hildin í Chiang Mai í Tailandi. Temað var “Healthy Ageing Beyond Frontiers”. Har vóru 1115 luttakarar úr allari verðini og ein úr Føroyum.

Fyrilesturin var hildin 20. oktober og hevði heitið: 
“Significant Improvement of self-assessed vision and hearing with more light – a randomized, controlled, clinical trial.”
Mest umráðandi er at leggja til merkis, at tey eldru halda, at bæði sjón og hoyrn batna við meira ljósi í heiminum. Tað merkir eisini, at lutfalsliga smá og einføld tiltøk kunnu hava stóran praktiskan týdning fyri eldri menniskju, tá ið talan er um trivnað og dagliga funktión.


Niðanfyri er enskur samandráttur av kanningini, sum er grundarlag undir fyrilestrinum.

Aim: Evaluate changes in elderlys’ self-assessment of vision, hearing and measuring of lighting conditions (lux-values)  after a clinical intervention in the home-care setting.
Material and methods: An exploratory, randomized, controlled experimental study of sensory impairments and lighting conditions in the homes of elderly, ≥ 80 years, with implementation of a clinical intervention. The intervention group (IG) received advice and encouragement to improve their vision, hearing and indoor lighting conditions at home with a 10 week follow up period. The control group (CG) received their usual care. Both groups self-assessed their vision, hearing and indoor lighting before and after the intervention.
Results: The maximum and minimum lighting levels in the IG were significantly better after the intervention (P=0.002 and P=0.039, respectively). Self-assessed vision and hearing, tested by Wilcoxon Rank-sum test were significantly better (P=0.025 and P=0.008, respectively) in the IG after the intervention and follow up.
Conclusion: The lighting conditions in the IG were significantly improved after the intervention and so were the self-assessment of vision and hearing in the IG.