2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of risk assessment scale to the complicated grief of bereaved families who experienced acute bereavement in critical care settings.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21792217
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Yamaguchi University
Principal Investigator	TATSUNO Junko 山口大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (90403667)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	クリティカルケア看護 / 家族看護 / 悲嘆ケア
Research Abstract	This study clarified the structure of factors that affect grief reactions of families who experienced acute bereavement in critical care settings in Japan. Sixty-four families who experienced acute bereavement answered a questionnaire. The greatest influence on grief reactions of bereaved families was stress recognition. Factors that influenced stress recognition were subjective degree of sadness, acceptance of bereavement, regret for bereavement, and recognition of a peaceful death.

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