Improving the End-of-Life (EoL) decision-making practice in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)

• Project/Area Number: 25K13960
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58060:Clinical nursing-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Anagnostu Desp 京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (70817684)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山本 加奈子 聖路加国際大学, 大学院看護学研究科, 助教 (00833477)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: palliative care / intensive care / decision-making / End-of-life care

Outline of Research at the Start

A five-phase study: (a) a meta-ethnography study on dignity in ICU (b) Systematic review of “EoL decision-making in the ICUs” (c) Online survey regarding EoL practice in Japan (d) Focus groups with multi-disciplinary teams, (e) Delphi study to establish consensus with regards to EoL decision-making