Social support provided to spouses of cancer patients:Development of a sale to evaluate support and a study of the relationship between support and spouses' mental health

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23593217
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	AOYANAGI Michiko 北海道大学, 保健科学研究院, 講師 (30405675)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	ソーシャルサポート / 対人ストレス / 精神的健康 / 家族看護 / がん / 配偶者
Research Abstract	In this study I interviewed spouses of cancer patients and identified seven categories of social support they had received. I then performed qualitative analysis and developed a scale to evaluate social support of patients' families, consisting of 27 items and 7 factors, as well as a scale to measure the interpersonal stress of patients' families, consisting of 26 items and 6 factors. I also examined the relationships between the subscales of the two scales and the families' mental health.