Development of palliative care nursing indicators for severely ill patients in intensive care units

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463313
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Kanto Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Kinoshita Satomi (高野里美) 関東学院大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60315702)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森本 悦子 高知県立大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (60305670) ; 淺見 綾 関東学院大学, 看護学部, 助手 (20762090)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 集中治療室 / 緩和ケア / 看護指標 / 重症患者 / 終末期

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Items for the palliative care nursing indicators in ICU were extracted through the studies on palliative care outside Japan, quality indicators of palliative care in Japan, and interview and free descriptions of nurses. We classified them as “relieving physical symptoms,” “comfort care,” “psychological care,” “communication with family members,” “intervention of at the time of the last moment,” “bereaved family care,” “evaluation of QOL,” “multi-disciplinary team collaboration,” and “consultation with palliative care team.” In addition, we compared indicators of palliative care at ICUs outside Japan. We developed the quality of dying instrument. The instrument had two factors “physical symptom” and “dignity.”

Free Research Field

緩和ケア