Development of Care Guidelines for Families with a Child Who Needs Organ Transplantation -Building Consensus with Team Support

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293456
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: University of Kochi
• Principal Investigator: AYAMI NAKANO 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90172361)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野嶋 佐由美 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00172792) ; 益守 かづき 久留米大学, 医学部, 教授 (20238918) ; 池添 志乃 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (20347652) ; 佐東 美緒 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (20364135) ; 高谷 恭子 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40508587) ; 濱田 裕子 九州大学, 医学研究院, 准教授 (60285541) ; 有田 直子 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (70294238) ; 田之頭 恵里 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 助教 (90758905) ; 塚原 和香奈 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 助教 (60737500) ; 首藤 ひとみ 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50584348)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 小児看護学 / 臓器移植 / 家族 / 合意形成 / チーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research was to establish team support guidelines for families with a child who has an need for an organ transplantation to build up a consensus for treatment. Families’ experiences were different depending the stage or type of disease. We focused on 17 cases of families (a father, a mother, or parents) with a need of immediate live-donor liver transplant by conducting an interview survey and a qualitative analysis. Interview surveys were conducted by nurses with experience as an transplant coordinators and a 16-member (researchers, Certified Nurse Specialists (CNS) in child health nursing, Certified Nurse Specialists (CNS) in family health nursing and Certified Nurses (CN) in pediatric emergency nursing) worked to create a framework for care guidelines to support the families for their consensus formation regarding live-donor liver transplants. Further examination will be required to elaborate on and establish this guideline.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学