Development of education program for acquiring nursing skills in adults with

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K11806
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: Kawada Miwa 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70364049)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野嶋 佐由美 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00172792) ; 岡田 俊 名古屋大学, 医学部附属病院, 准教授 (80335249)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉症 / 発達障害 / 成人期 / 看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to develop education program for acquiring basic
nursing skills needed to support adults with autism spectrum disorders and their family members. After conducting interviews with 5 psychiatric nurses, we analyzed the results and suggested the program composed of the following 4 sessions: I. Understanding of autism spectrum disorders, II.Ways of interacting with adults with autism spectrum disorders, III. Support for family members of adults with autism spectrum disorders, IV. Efforts to vigorously carry on caregiving activities. Later, our suggested program was implemented with 24 psychiatric nurses, which revealed that this program iseffective. However, we found it necessary to further improve the contentsrelated to family support and secondary disability.

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