2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a pain assessment index aimed at improving the quality of pain management in elderly patients with dementia
| Project/Area Number |
26463452
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Gerontological nursing
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| Research Institution | Sapporo City University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
IDE Satoshi 放送大学, 教養学部, 教授 (10305922)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | がん看護 / 認知症 / 疼痛マネジメント / アセスメントプロセス |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to clarify the process of pain assessment of elderly cancer patients with dementia. Date was collected participant observation and semi-structure interviews. All of the date was then analyzed using a grounded theory approach. 25 nurses in their fifth or more years as nurses who have experience of managing pain in cancer patients with dementia. The assessment process until the nurse judges that there is pain in the patient begins with "detecting the difference in appearance", since the patient can not appropriately appeal the degree of pain, " State "" general condition "" the view of the team "" signature frequency, sustainability "judged the degree of distress. Furthermore, when there is "agreement with the pathological condition of cancer", rescue analgesic drugs. were tried and it was judged that there was cancer pain when pain was alleviated
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| Free Research Field |
がん看護
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