A self-management support training program that COPD patients and their families can work on together

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463422
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Niigata College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: YAMADA Masami 新潟県立看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (30279848)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HIRASAWA Noriko 新潟県立看護大学, 教授 (60300092)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: COPD / セルフマネジメント / 運動療法 / 訪問 / 看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Two chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients being treated at home and their respective families were given individual instruction in self-management and indoor exercise before winter by nurses and a physiotherapist. The nurses made a home visit once a month during the five winter months to give continuing support for self-management. At each visit, the patient’s physical condition was observed, advice was given on self-management, exercise was adjusted to suit the individual environment and circumstances, favorable management was praised, and suggestions were given for goal-setting.
As a result, the two patients showed no exacerbation. One patient, who walked more than 10 times the pre-intervention number of paces per day, increased the distance walked in the Six-Minute Walk Test from 297 m before intervention to 360 m after intervention, and improvement was seen in health-related quality of life and depression symptom.

Free Research Field

看護学