2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of end-of-life discussions on the mental health of bereaved family members and quality of patient death and care
| Project/Area Number |
26860478
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Miyashita Mitsunori
Morita Tatsuya
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 終末期 / アドバンスケアプランニング / がん / 遺族 / うつ / 複雑悲嘆 / 望ましい死 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
End-of-life (EOL) discussions are crucial for providing appropriate care to patients with advanced cancer at the end of their lives. To explore associations between EOL discussions and bereaved families’ depression and complicated grief, as well as the quality of patient death and EOL care, we conducted nationwide questionnaire survey of bereaved family members.80.6% of the respondents reported that they had EOL discussions.bereaved family members who had EOL discussions had a lower frequently of depression and complicated grief. EOL discussions were associated with better quality of death and EOL care.
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| Free Research Field |
緩和医療
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