The effects of meditation products of patients sleep health

• Project/Area Number: 21592680
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences (2010-2011); Gunma University (2009)
• Principal Investigator: TABUCHI Sachie 群馬県立県民健康科学大学, 看護学部, 講師 (00400763)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KOITABASHI Kikuyo 群馬大学, 医学部, 教授 (80100600)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
• Keywords: 睡眠衛生 / 呼吸瞑想法 / 看護技術 / 睡眠

Research Abstract

Toward the construction of a valid nursing intervention method to improve the quality and quantity of sleep in patients, a pilot study was carried out on for the efficacy and safety of meditation and sleep hygiene education for adults in general. As a result, the decrease of goodness of quality of one's sleep and night waking hours, the improvement of life rhythm has been suggested.