Study on factors of family support and medical professionals to improve empowerment of patients with diabetes melitus

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593277
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Kurume University
• Principal Investigator: HARA YORIKO 久留米大学, 医学部, 教授 (60289501)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TUBOI Kouji 東邦大学, 医学部, 教授 (50138989) ; BREUGELMANS Roul 東京医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (50424601)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 慢性病看護学 / 2型糖尿病 / エンパワーメント / 自己管理行動 / 家族サポート / 連携システム / 医療者サポート

Research Abstract

This study measured support of healthcare professionals and family members for diabetic patient empowerment and identified factors affecting the patient empowerment. Challenges to establish a system to maintain patients` quality of life including continued self-management, good glycemic control, and prevention of diabetes complications were subsequently investigated. The Japanese version of the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist was developed to measure family support. For development of a questionnaire to measure support of healthcare professionals, interviews were conducted with nurses, and categories used for the questionnaire items were extracted from the content analysis of the interviews. The results of this study found the importance of day-to-day support from primary care physicians and community nurses and indicated the need for a multidisciplinary approach to support patients and family members.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Ishihara Y The reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC) for assessing the relationship between Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and their families with respect to adherence to treatment regimen (2013)
  • Author(s): Hara Y, Iwashita S, Ishii K, Inada C, Okada A, Tajiri Y, Nakayama H, Kato T,Nishida K, Ogata Y, Omori H, Morinaga T, Yamaguchi M, Nakao M, Tsuboi K, Breugelmans R, Ishihara Y
  • Journal Title: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Volume: 99(2) Pages: 39–47
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.10.014
  • Peer Reviewed