2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of interventions by nurses to maintain self-management skills of heart failure patients who undergo rehabilitation
| Project/Area Number |
26893323
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Clinical nursing
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| Research Institution | St. Mary's College |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 心臓リハビリテーション / 心不全 / QOL / 自己管理 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aims at clarifying the effects seen in cases where nurses continually support heart failure patients. This is completed in order to attain self management skills. The examination was conducted from August in 2014 to January in 2015, targeting 50 patients who were suffering from heart failure and were hospitalized at A hospital to undergo heart rehabilitation. As a method, SF-8TM acute version was utilized for the evaluation based on QOL. Eighty-six percent of the patients were males, and 14% were females, with the average age being 63.8±11.6. Scores of “daily activity function (mental)” were found to be higher compared to the normal values. Regarding QOL summary scores for physical fields (PCS) and QOL summary scores for mental fields, the former were inclined to be lower, while the latter were observed to remain consistent.
It is important to try to maintain the physical functions of the concerned patients along with providing them with mental support.
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| Free Research Field |
臨床看護学
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