Expectation about contribution on comfortable nursing care from Affective Science and Engineering

Abstract

We investigated the comfort in nursing care. First, we examined the use of “Vein Display” to observe variations in individuals’ subcutaneous blood flow. We found the venipuncture site selection was significantly improved with “Vein Display”, but did not evaluate the difficulty of students to perform venipuncture as there are currently no scales to reflect their affective fluctuations. Second, we verified the comfortability of MRI with limited body movement. We measured the affective and physical distress of patients in response to body positioning using various devices. Next, we aim to measure the physical ability and perception of the elderly with a high risk of sarcopenia to cope with daily activities. Here we will determine parameters used to predict the risk of sarcopenia and identify factors which worsen sarcopenia. We intend to use the tools available from Affective Science to measure the detectable emotional change.