Development of a nursing intervention to improve quality of life in children after liver transplantation and their parents

• Project/Area Number: 24792500
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: FUJITA Ayaka 九州大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (10437791)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 生体肝移植 / 学童期 / 思春期 / QOL / 親 / 肝移植 / 子ども / 家族

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to clarify nursing intervention approach to improve the quality of life (QOL) of children liver transplant recipients and their parents. Nine parent-child dyads were enrolled and all children were donor liver transplant recipients. Members of the parent-child dyads completed the questionnaires and participated in semi-structured interviews. The results showed that the post-transplantation daily life of the parent-child dyads had four distinct patterns. In addition, perspectives for nursing intervention approach to improve the QOL were elucidated.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Daily Lives of Pre-Adolescents/Adolescents and their Parents after Liver Transplant (2015)
  • Author(s): Ayaka Fujita
  • Journal Title: Japan Journal of Nursing Science Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 生体肝移植後の学童後期から思春期の子どものQOL維持・向上を目指した療養生活のモニタリング指標の作成 (2014)
  • Author(s): 藤田紋佳、中村伸枝、佐藤奈保、林田真、木下義晶 、濵田裕子、田口智章
  • Organizer: 第50回日本移植学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京王プラザホテル
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-11
• [Presentation] Daily Life Experiences and Health-Related QOL among Parents of Preadolescent and Adolescent Living Liver Transplant Recipients. (2014)
  • Author(s): Ayaka Fujita, Nobue Nakamura, Makoto Hayashida, Tomoaki Taguchi
  • Organizer: The World Transplant Congress 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Moscone West Convention Center San Francisco
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-27
• [Presentation] 生体肝移植後の学童後期の子どもと母親の療養生活の実態と療養行動上の問題 (2013)
  • Author(s): 藤田紋佳、中村伸枝、佐藤奈保、林田真、木下義晶、濱田裕子、田口智章
  • Organizer: 第49回日本移植学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立京都国際会館
• [Presentation] 生体肝移植後の高校生の療養生活の実態と療養行動上の問題 (2013)
  • Author(s): 藤田紋佳
  • Organizer: 第9回日本移植・再生医療看護学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学医学部鉄門記念講堂