Association of Visiting Nurses' Response with Cancer Patients' Good Death by Awareness of Dying type

• Project/Area Number: 15H06779
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Mukogawa Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Akiyama Masako 武庫川女子大学, 看護学部, 助教 (80757998)
• Research Collaborator: NORIE Nitta (20281579) ; KAORU Kuyama (40413489) ; KEI Kamide (80393239) ; Kabayama MAI (50635498) ; Ogasawara CHIE (90152363) ; Kume YASUKO (30273634)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 在宅 / 人生の最終段階における医療 / 在宅看取り / 在宅看護 / 訪問看護 / 終末認識 / がん / エンドオブライフケア / 人生の最終段階 / 看護学 / 医療・福祉 / 在宅看護・訪問看護 / 終末期看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We sent questionnaires to visiting nurses in order to assess their response with end-stage cancer patients and statistically analyzed. We received 400 (61%) replies and analysed 387 (59%) valid responses. The study findings suggest that the most frequent AOD (Awareness of Dying) is open-awareness in Japanese home cancer care. We verified that the scale we used was reliable and valid. We performed factor analysis and identified three components.
This is the first report on the association between AOD, VNR (Visiting Nurse's
Response), and GD (Good Death) in end-stage cancer patients with home care. We acquired some scientifically important acknowledgement about AOD and GD for end-stage cancer patients with home care. Japan is trying to cope with the super aging of its population. This acknowledgement will be helpful for patients, families, visiting nurses, home medical doctors, and the others.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Association of Visiting Nurses’ Response with Cancer Patients’ Good Death by Awareness of Dying type (2017)
  • Author(s): Masako Akiyama, Mai Kabayama, Kaoru Kuyama, Kei Kamide
  • Organizer: 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG 2017)
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
  • Year and Date: 2017-07-23
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Awareness of Dying in End-stage Cancer Patients at Home and Visiting Nurses’ Response (2017)
  • Author(s): Masako Akiyama, Kei Kamide, Kaoru Kuyama, Mai Kabayama, Norie Nitta
  • Organizer: 20th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2017)
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-09
  • Int'l Joint Research