Development of a comprehensive pain assessment tool for non-cancer older inpatients

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463470
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMADA Hiromi 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 先任准教授 (00279837)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KUDOU Ayako 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 教授 (20258974) ; YUASA Michiyo 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 教授 (70237494) ; SUGIYAMA Tomoko 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 准教授 (90459032) ; YOKOYAMA Kumi 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 講師 (50434436) ; KAWAKAMI Kazumi 順天堂大学, 医療看護学部, 准教授 (90638769) ; NISHINA Kiyoko 防衛医科大学校, 医学教育部, 准教授 (40449062)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 痛み / アセスメント / 看護 / 非がん高齢入院患者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Purpose: To develop a comprehensive pain assessment tool for non-cancer older inpatients. Methods: (1) Conduct interview surveys among nurses regarding pain assessment of non-cancer patients and older patients. (2)Organize a meeting of certified nurse specialists in gerontological nursing to discuss and modify the preliminary assessment. Discuss with research collaborators to reach a consensus and finalize the assessment tool.
Results: The assessment tool was developed from the following six perspectives: predict the presence of or potential for pain based on the patient’s source of pain; predict the presence or possibility of pain in a patient with altered behavior/personality; collect information on pain while interacting with the patient to enable their expression of pain; in situations of pain or possibility of pain, collect information on the source of pain; and share information and evaluate with other staff members.

Free Research Field

高齢者看護学