Quality of palliative care in Cancer Patients(Fostering Joint International Research)

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15KK0326
• Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Miyashita Mitsunori 東北大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (90301142)
• Project Period (FY): 2016 – 2019
• Keywords: 緩和ケア / 緩和医療 / 終末期ケア / 遺族調査 / 質評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I visited King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, UK from 27 September 2017 to 31 March 2018 to conduct international collaborative research activities. The main outcomes were the understanding and data analysis of the bereavement survey method using the death certification, the development and implementation of the Japanese version of the VOICES-SF questionnaire used in the UK, and the development and dissemination of the Japanese version of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS), a quality assessment scale for palliative care in the UK.

Free Research Field

緩和ケア

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究をもとに、わが国において初の死亡小票に基づく遺族調査が実施された。さらに、アアンケート用紙VOICES-SF日本語版により日英の遺族調査の比較が可能となった。緩和ケアの質を評価する尺度であるIPOS日本語版によりわが国でも国際的に標準的な方法で緩和ケアの質の評価が可能となった。