The effects of deep breathing intervention on discomfort symptoms of cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy

• Project/Area Number: 21792213
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HAYAMA Yuka Osaka University, 大学院・医学系研究科, 特任講師(常勤) (30438238)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 看護学 / 臨床 / ストレス / リラクセーション / がん / 化学療法 / 呼吸法

Research Abstract

There are a variety of cancer treatment methods of the operation, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Doing using two or more treatments together has increased. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of deep breathing intervention on discomfort symptoms of Japanese women with gynecologic cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy. Fatigue of the deep breathing intervention group was relieved more than that of the control group.

Research Products

• [Presentation] がん患者のサバイバーシップ活動を支える看護職の役割～患者会および他業種によるがん患者・家族応援イベントへの参加から～ (2011)
  • Author(s): 大石ふみ子,葉山有香,南裕美,市原香織,中村幸枝,許田志津子,前田絵美,中森由香
  • Organizer: 日本がん看護学会誌(25(sup) 208)
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-12
• [Presentation] Research on the trend of using relaxation technique for cancer patients in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Yuka Hayama, Sayumi Negoro, Tomoko Inoue
  • Organizer: 14^<th> East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2011)(216)
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-11
• [Presentation] Research on the trend of using relaxation technique for cancer patients in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Yuka Hayama, Sayumi Negoro, Tomoko Inoue
  • Organizer: 14^<th> East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS 2011)
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul Olympic parktel, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-11
• [Presentation] The Trend of Nursing Resrarch on Outpatient Chemotherapy in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Yuka Hayama, Fumiko Oishi, et al
  • Organizer: The 1^<st> international nursing research conference of world academy of nursing science
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-19