Development of sleep-wake rhythm-based palliative care skills to treat elderly dementia patients undergoing surgery

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463581
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
• Principal Investigator: HAGINO ETSUKO 北海道医療大学, 看護福祉学部, 准教授 (10292070)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMADA Ritsuko 北海道医療大学, 看護福祉学部, 教授 (70285542)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 腎・泌尿器疾患 / 手術 / 睡眠覚醒リズム / せん妄 / 苦痛 / 看護学 / ケアスキル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we clarified painful symptoms and their time of occurrence between hospitalization and discharge in elderly patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-Bt), transurethral resection of the prostate (TUR-P), and prostate biopsy (Bx). We then used a pamphlet, created to allow surgical patients to predict and promptly report potential pain, to investigate the expression of pain by elderly patients before and after surgery and nurses’ responses to this pain. Surgical patients were able to predict when any kind of pain would occur and promptly receive relief for this pain associated with surgery. A decline was also seen in expressions of pain during the night (9 PM to 6 AM) as well as in the number of expressions of pain.

Free Research Field

看護学　高齢者看護　老年看護