1.A Survey of Palliative Care Ward Nurses’ Awareness, Feelings, Behavioral Intentions and Hands-on Experience in Supporting an Environment in Which End-of-life Cancer Patients Nurture Love with Their Partners
Akihiko KUSAKABE ; Hironori MAWATARI ; Kazue HIRANO ; Kouichi TANABE ; Mari WATANABE ; Takaomi KESSOKU ; Asuka YOSHIMI ; Mitsuyasu OHTA ; Masahiko INAMORI ; Miyako TAKAHASHI ; Tatsuya MORITA
Palliative Care Research 2021;16(2):153-162
The purpose of this study is to clarify the current state of nursing for the sexuality of patients with cancer at the end-of-life. In December 2018, we asked 313 nurses from 18 palliative care units in Kanagawa Prefecture about their awareness, feelings, and behavioral intentions and hands-on experience for the environment in which patients with cancer nurture love with their partners at the end-of-life. The collection rate of the questionnaire was 52.7% (165 cases). Eighty-two nurses (49.7%) had experience supporting the environment in which patients with cancer nurture love with their partners at the end-of-life. The contents of the support were “Recommend physical contact”, “Listening”, “Recommend hug”, and “Take sufficient time when entering the room, such as waiting for a reply after knocking or calling out”. Meanwhile, at ward conferences, only 11 (6.7%) had talked about the environment in which patients with cancer nurture love with their partners at the end-of-life. It has been suggested that, at present, support for the environment in which patients with cancer nurture love with their partners at the end-of-life is left to individuals and not systematically.
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