Family experience and evaluation about caring the body of deceased patient in Japanese inpatient hospices: a content analysis of free comments in questionnaire survey
10.2512/jspm.10.209
- VernacularTitle:ホスピス・緩和ケア病棟で行われているご遺体へのケアに関する遺族の体験と評価―自由記述における内容分析―
- Author:
Michiharu Yamawaki
;
Tatsuya Morita
;
Emi Kiyohara
;
Megumi Shimizu
;
Satoru Tsunetou
;
Yasuo Shima
;
Mitsunori Miyashita
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
caring the body of deceased patient;
postmortem care;
end-of-life care;
family care
- From:Palliative Care Research
2015;10(3):209-216
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Objectives: Primary aim of this study was to clarify the experience and evaluation of families who about caring the body of the deceased patient by nurses at Japanese inpatient hospices and palliative care unit. Method: A mail survey was performed on 958 bereaved family members of 103 palliative care units. A total of 598 family members replied. This study was content analysis about free comments in the questionnaire. Result: A total of 301 comments from 162 questionnaires were identified as the subjects for content analysis. The family was experience satisfaction or dissatisfaction about the way caring the body of the deceased patient. The family felt hesitation and worries about caring the body of deceased patient. A content analysis revealed 3 underlying themes: the family evaluate as a good experience, the family evaluate as an unpleasant experience, the family evaluate as an experience of hesitation and worries. Conclusion: The family was satisfied about treating the patient in the same way before died, making patient face beautiful and calm, facilitates family’s preparation. When nurses recommend families to care the body of deceased patient, which become memorably experience, and they come to be get over sorrow after the bereavement. But they need to confirm the family’s preparation and choose what they can do.
