Nursing interventioProgram to foster family confidence in low birth weight infants

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
• Research Institution: University of Kochi
• Principal Investigator: Iwasaki Junko 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (90584326)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中野 綾美 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90172361)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: Family Confidence / 低出生体重児 / 看護介入

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop a nursing intervention program to foster family confidence in low birth weight infants. Through a literature review and questionnaire survey, we clarified the conceptual structure of family confidence and the characteristics of family confidence in families with low birth weight infants. Furthermore, through these results and interviews with nurses, we extracted the following nursing intervention content to foster family confidence in low birth weight infants: [nursing intervention centered on the mother and low birth weight infant], [nursing intervention with parents at the core], and [nursing intervention targeting the entire family system], and developed a nursing intervention composed of the hierarchical nature of the family system.

Free Research Field

家族看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

家族の力を捉え、高めていく[Family Confidence]の概念に注目し看護介入プログラムを開発・提案していくことは、低出生体重児を抱える家族が自信をもって子どもを育て、育児に取り組むことができる看護支援の一考察を提案することとなると考える。Family Confidenceは、構成概念に「家族としての恒常性」「家族の柔軟さ」「家族のゆとり」といった、家族ならではの強みを内包しており、家族のもつ力を最大限に引き出し発揮することができるような看護介入は、低出生体重児といったリスクをもつ家族に対して更に有用な看護介入プログラムへの発展にもつながっていく。