To construct the nursing model to support the interaction between terminal cancer patients and these spouses.

• Project/Area Number: 22792174
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Miwa 千葉大学, 大学院・看護学研究科, 助教 (90554600)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 終末期ケア / 終末期 / がん看護 / 家族 / がん患者 / ターミナルケア / 相互作用 / 配偶者

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the interaction between terminal cancer patients and these spouses and to construct the nursing model to support them.Subject were 3 terminal cancer patients and there spouses.Data were collected through semi-structured interviews.As a result of qualitative inductive analysis,the interaction between terminal cancer patients and there spouses were categorized into 6 core-categories.There was 2 new core-categories. The nursing model to support patients and spouses was constructed..