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Research on Grief Care for Husbands Who Cared for and Endured Death of Their Wives at Home

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K10589
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
Research InstitutionTeikyo University of Science & Technology

Principal Investigator

Onishi Naoko  帝京科学大学, 医療科学部, 教授 (60438538)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小山 千加代  新潟医療福祉大学, 看護学部, 教授 (50597242)
田中 博子  帝京科学大学, 医療科学部, 准教授 (60513976)
田中 樹  帝京科学大学, 医療科学部, 講師 (00804189)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsターミナルケア / グリーフ / 看取り / 夫 / 死別 / 悲嘆 / 在宅 / 訪問看護師 / 在宅ケア / 介護 / グリーフケア
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Purpose: Characteristics of end-of-life care provided at home by husbands to their wives. Method: Interviews were conducted with visiting nurses (N=9) that had experience of supporting such husbands since the time when the wives were alive. The content of the interviews was analyzed using the Grounded Theory Approach.
The results indicated that characteristics of end-of-life care provided by husbands composed of the following categories: “condition of marital life,” “continuing the unusual life,” “thinness of the connection,” and “grief suppressed.” Notably, the long-term conditions of marital life were considered important for husbands’ recovery from grief and rebuilding their life. It is suggested that visiting nurses should provide support in the period of end-of-life care so that the couples can realize desirable methods of end-of-life care according to the condition of their marital life.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

配偶者との「死別」は、男性よりも女性の方が遺される割合が高い。そのため、日本では、配偶者と死別した男性より女性に対する支援が主とされてきた。しかし、配偶者との死別は、年齢・性別を問わず、人生においてはストレスフルな出来事であり、悲嘆からの回復には個人差とともに性差も関係しており、妻を亡くした夫が、死別後の悲嘆からの立ち直りに問題を抱える割合が高いと報告されている。そのため、在宅で妻を介護し死別した夫に焦点をあてて、妻の看取り期の夫の状況を知ることは、死別後、夫が生活再建をするにあたっての支援に役立つと考えられる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2020 2019

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Characteristics of End-of-life Care Provided at Home by Husbands to Their Wives and Support of Visiting Nurses2020

    • Author(s)
      Onishi Naoko、Koyama Tikayo、Tanaka Itsuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Science

      Volume: 40 Issue: 0 Pages: 113-122

    • DOI

      10.5630/jans.40.113

    • NAID

      130007894926

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 配偶者を介護し看取った夫の思いや体験に関する文献レビュー2020

    • Author(s)
      大西奈保子、田中樹
    • Journal Title

      帝京科学大学紀要

      Volume: 16 Pages: 1-6

    • NAID

      120006824742

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 在宅で妻を介護し看取った夫の特徴とその支援2019

    • Author(s)
      大西奈保子・田中博子・田中樹・小山千加代
    • Organizer
      日本老年看護学会第24回学術集会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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