The study on the team care sistem for the spiritual care of patients with intractable neurological diseases

• Project/Area Number: 24659945
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: YANAGISAWA Setsuko 信州大学, 学術研究院保健学系, 准教授 (90200534)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
• Keywords: スピリチュアルケア / 神経難病 / チームケアシステム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the method for searching for the situation of the spiritual pain and the spiritual care of patients with intractable neurological disease. It was carried out the literature study and a pre-test interviews about the patients and caregivers. The number of papers on the spiritual pain and the spiritual care that the patients with intractable neurological disease is less. There was scarcely nursing studies that investigate the relationship between the team care system and the spiritual care. Spiritual suffering of the patient and family caregivers, there is anxiety and distress that comes from a genetic disorder of the disease. This study suggests the spiritual care that discussed professional care team believes that it is necessary to share.