Qualifty of family life and its improvement: using data from multiple family members

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06275
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Sato Iori 東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 講師 (20622252)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 小児がん看護 / 小児看護 / がん看護 / QOL / PRO / きょうだい / 脳腫瘍 / 計量心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Family nursing aims to care the family as a system, with working on family relationships and improving the health and function of each family member including the person with a disease or disability. However, few studies in family nursing have evaluated quality of family lie as an outcome from the perspective of the whole family. This study obtained basic data on the family QOL and family function from the perspective of multiple family members in order to build further evidence of family nursing. We also developed an electronic survey system to obtain it and verified its practicality.

Free Research Field

家族看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、養育期（子どもが生後1か月から18歳まで）の家族に焦点を当てて、各家族員のQOLと家族機能の実態明らかにできるデータを得た。これは、家族看護学をはじめとする家族研究における基礎的データとなることから、今後の研究の継続によって、神話的・慣習的な家族ケアではなく、真に家族のためになる（エビデンスのある）家族ケアを提言していくことができる。