2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Monitoring Function in daily Nursing Care for Older Mentally Ill Patients with Somatic Complications
| Project/Area Number |
12672333
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Clinical nursing
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| Research Institution | Fukushima Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAYAMA Yoko Fukushima Medical University, School of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (60180444)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
佐藤 るみ子 福島県立医科大学, 看護学部, 助手 (80315671)
OHKAWA Takako Fukushima Medical University, School of Nursing, Assistant Professor, 看護学部, 講師 (20254485)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | Older Mentally Ill Pateints / Somatic Complications / Survey / Monitoring Function / Discovering the Physical Problems |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was to identify the monitoring function in daily nursing care for older mentally ill patients with somatic complications. Particularly, this research was focused on the diagnostic and monitoring function of the nurses who take the physical care of long-stay patients with schizophrenia. Two researches conducted. The first was a survey for 48 psychiatric wards in 12 hospitals, Fukushima Prefecture. Subjects were 1,495 in-patients who take major tranquilizer more than 20years. As the result, 27.8% of the patients had somatic complications (diabetes, ringworm, hypertension, etc.). The second research was conducted by interviews for 19 psychiatric nurses. Fourteen cases with ileus and 10 cases with cancer were described by the nurses. The data was analyzed by a qualitative method. Three patterns of discovering the physical problems through everyday nursing practice were emerged from the interview data; nurses' observation, appearing the symptoms, clinical examinations. The results will contribute to develop the diagnostic and monitoring function for older mentally ill patients with somatic complications.
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Research Products
(2 results)
