Developing nursing care guidelines to balance patient autonomy and effective treatment during involuntary psychiatric hospitalization

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25893128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Kajiwara Tomomi 大阪大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (90706920)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 精神看護 / 精神科救急急性期 / 非自発的入院 / 看護援助指針

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to develop care guidelines for involuntary patients in emergency/acute psychiatric hospitals, to balance patients’ autonomy and their need for treatment. The guidelines drew on earlier studies describing nursing care for involuntary patients at psychiatric emergency/acute hospitals from both nurses’ and patients’ perspectives.
Comparing both views, I developed guidelines that integrated nursing care to support patients’ autonomy, balanced with the need to complete treatment. The validity of the guidelines was checked using interviews with expert psychiatric nurses.

Free Research Field

精神看護