2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Support program for nursing staff to facilitate decision-making by liver cancer patients and families
| Project/Area Number |
21792246
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Clinical nursing
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| Research Institution | Kurume University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 肝がん / 家族 / 意思決定 / 看護支援 |
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| Research Abstract |
Semi-structured interviews with liver cancer patients(n=17) and family members(n=18) were conducted to investigate their processes of decision-making on treatment and care. Qualitative inductive analysis of the interview responses showed that the decision-making process could be divided into the following steps : (1) receiving the news about the condition and recognizing the current situation, (2) ascertaining matters that require a decision, (3) searching for and collectingmaterials for decision-making, (4) investigating specific options, and (5) goingthrough the motions of decision-making. The research demonstrated that decision-making involves particular characteristics that are separate from the process ofbattling the disease. Based on these results, we investigated a support program fornursing staff to facilitate decision-making by liver cancer patients and their families.
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