Study on Care Program for Circadian Rhythmic Sleep Disorders in Adolescents

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K17524
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: University of Human Environments
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Yoshihiro 人間環境大学, 看護学部, 講師 (60780111)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 概日リズム睡眠・覚醒障害 / 精神看護学 / 思春期 / 現象学的アプローチ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since 2017, we have collected research data at the psychiatry of a hospital, which is a research cooperation facility. As a phenomenological approach, the significance of the experience of circadian rhythm sleep/wake disorder in adolescent children was clarified by participation observation and unstructured interviews. As a result of the research, at the 9th Asian Society for Sleep Studies 2018, three patterns were presented along with child treatment at "Meaning of experiences of adolescents with circadian rhythm sleep disorder". In the same year, at the Japan Academy of Nursing Science, on the theme of "the meaning of illness experience of children with circadian rhythm sleep disorder-fatigue of children who do not understand even if they complain to their parents-" Revealed to hold.

Free Research Field

精神看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

思春期の子どもの睡眠の問題は、生活習慣の問題として片づけられ本人と親も悩みながら医療機関に受診することは少ない。それらの子どもの特徴は、3つのタイプがあり、1タイプは、目的意識が高く、治療を続けながら睡眠相が遅れない様努力し学校へ通える子ども、2タイプは目的意識や治療意欲が低く見え、睡眠相の後退が再発した生活を我慢している子ども、最後のタイプは前述のどちらにも当てはまらないが、目的を持ち努力しながらも、睡眠相の後退に抗う事ができず不安定な生活に苦しんでいる子どもである。また、障害であると本人達も認めらず、家族との関係性も壊れてしまい路頭に迷うことが明らかになった。