2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Process of Living with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators among Japanese Adult Patient
| Project/Area Number |
24792427
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Clinical nursing
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| Research Institution | Shinshu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 植込み型除細動器 / 修正型グラウンデッド・セオリー・アプローチ / 高齢者 / 適応 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed to identify cognitive and behavioral processes of how elderly patients receiving ICD learn to cope with their new lives with ICD. An interview-based Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA) was used. Eight male patients with ICD were recruited from a university hospital in Japan. Those patients who had an ICD implantation in less than 1 month prior to the interview were excluded. The process of living with ICD among Japanese elderly male patients begin by having a belief "Health comes first", and finally by forgetting about ICD being implanted under their skin in the end. This process seemed to contain the elderly patients` cognition and behaviors based on their social roles. Thus, with previous our research for young adults, this result may contribute to develop the process of living with ICD among Japanese adult patients.
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