Care for disaster-victims faced with loss of someone who die or go missing

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593259
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Niigata Seiryou University
• Principal Investigator: KOBAYASHI YUKO 新潟青陵大学, 看護福祉学部, 准教授 (20303232)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 災害看護 / グリーフケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, researchers examined previous studies of responses from survivors of disasters and distress care provided for them. Researchers subsequently conducted fundamental research on care programs in an effort to upgrade distress care for post-disaster survivors. Highlighted as a result were the need for consistent distress care for those survivors in their transition between the acute stage and the chronic stage after the disaster. Also highlighted was the difficulty of nursing staff in providing sufficient care. The study of survivors and their supporters after the Great East Japan Earthquake indicates the need to prepare a leaflet concerning post-disaster distress care. It calls for establishment of a support system different from those applicable to non-disaster distress care.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学