Development of quality indicator for End-of-Life care provided by nurses in long-term care facilities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25862220
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: FUKAHORI Hiroki 東京医科歯科大学, 保健衛生学研究科, 准教授 (30381916)
• Research Collaborator: NASU Katsumi ; OKUMURA Akemi
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者ケア施設 / End of Lifeケア / 文献検討

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Research articles regarding evaluation for quality of End of Life (EOL) care provided by nurses in long-term care facilities (LTCF) were searched using Medline and CINAHL. From 387 articles extracted, 24 articles were selected as eligible after exclusion of duplicate articles. Additionally, we launched qualitative research in which we interviewed Japanese nurses working in LTCF about their EOL care to the residents within a 1 year in order to clarify components of EOL care provided by Japanese nurses in LTCF. We obtained data from the three nurses working in LTCF, including a gerontological certified nurse specialist.

Free Research Field

老年看護学･看護管理学・家族看護学