A randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a inter-professional collaborative program for end-of-life patients

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26293481
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Fukui Sakiko 日本赤十字看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40336532)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 藤田 淳子 日本赤十字看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10553563) ; 池崎 澄江 千葉大学, 看護学研究科, 准教授 (60445202) ; 辻村 真由子 千葉大学, 看護学研究科, 准教授 (30514252) ; 乙黒 千鶴 日本赤十字看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50613931)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 在宅看護 / 地域包括ケア / 多職種連携 / 在宅終末期ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this 3-year study, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects on health care professionals’perceptions and behaviors for inter-professional collaborations among K-city's home care nurses, care managers, and home health aids, by using a manual which we developed “the way of medical and social collaboration for terminal patients in the community”. We divided 272 participants to 141 intervention-group participants and to 131 control-group participants. Intervention-group participants used this manual for 7-month study duration. All participants answered 4 scales, measuring the level of face-to-face correlation, behaviors, attitude of terminal care, and difficulties of terminal care, on 2 times during 7 months. As a result, we confirmed all of these scales' effects. Therefore, we could conclude this manual is effective for activate of medical and social collaboration for terminal patients in the community.

Free Research Field

地域看護学