Development of disaster preparedness check sheet for home care patiients to prepar for disaster with health professionals

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670940
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Kanazawa Medical University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAI Hisao 金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (10708986)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KYOTA Kaoru 金沢大学, 保健学系, 助教 (00639776) ; ITATANI Tomoya 金沢大学, 保健学系, 助教 (10765192) ; NIHONYANAGI Reiko 北海道科学大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (40508719)
• Research Collaborator: YASUOKA Shizuka ; SHINMEI Yasuko
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 備え / 避難意思 / 電源が必須な在宅療養者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated factors affecting disaster preparedness and evacua- tion intentions among home-care patients dependent on electrical power for life support. Health professionals interviewed 53 home-care patients using the Kanazawa and Kochi Disaster Preparedness Checklist(K-DiPS Checklist) . About half of the participants requiring continuous artificial ventilation or aspiration indicated that they would not or could not evacuate following a disaster― even though their lives could be at risk. The availability of emergency medical equipment for use during a power outage was positively associated with the desire to evacuate. Our results indicate the need for improved systems to assist power-dependent home-care patients.

Free Research Field

在宅看護学、災害看護学