A longitudinal study of the parents needs in around the entering school period of children with special medical care needs

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24660017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Asako 順天堂大学, 保健看護学部, 講師 (20326127)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 特別支援学校 / 医療的ケア / 周就学期 / 保護者の思い / 主観的幸福感WHO SUBI

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim to clarify parents’ emotional change and support needs of experience around the entering school period of their children with special medical care needs. The three times investigation, before- entering school, after- entering school, one-year-after- entering school, by the semi-structured interview and subjective well-being questionnaire (WHO SUBI) survey was conducted to five parents.
Before- entering school, parents although with the anxiety in children and their own adaptation to the new environment, and was carrying a vague expectation for their child's growth and development. After- entering school, they had found the gratification to develop of children’s communication and behavior, but was also mentioned struggling to another dealing with the health status and development of the children and themselves. There was no apparent related to the score of subjective well-being in this study on three times each.

Free Research Field

小児看護学