Development of support programs to promote comfort for cancer patients

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K10733
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58060:Clinical nursing-related
• Research Institution: Kagawa University
• Principal Investigator: Kinsho Takami 香川大学, 医学部, 講師 (00335861)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野嶋 佐由美 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 特任教授 (00172792)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: がん / コンフォート / 支援プログラム / 情報ニーズ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study first identified the information needs, comfort, and health status of people with cancer. The question with the highest mean for information needs for living with the disease was "Information I can get by talking with people who have gone through treatment," and the standard deviation was low, indicating that this is an information need that many people have. We received a proposal for a program that would allow participants to talk to each other, organize their own situation, and get the information they need.

Free Research Field

成人看護学、がん看護学、終末期看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人間のコンフォート尺度の合計得点と下位尺度の【つながりを感じている】、【楽しい】、【平穏無事である】、【くつろいでいる】、【心地よく運動している】、は、がんを持つ患者の方が一般の人よりも高く有意差が認められた。こうした心地よい状態を実感できるよう、語り合い、リラックスや心地よい運動を設けるプログラム試案を得た。全国のがん患者会でのプログラム作成における示唆の一助となると考えられる。