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ArticleJournal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association2019

Development and Validity of the Nursing Care Scale and Nurse's Difficulty Scale in Caring for Dying Patients With Cancer and Their Families in General Hospitals in Japan.

Yusuke Kanno, Kazuki Sato, Megumi Shimizu, Yuko Funamizu, Hideaki Andoh, Megumi Kishino, Tomomi Senaga, Tetsu Takahashi, Mitsunori Miyashita

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Article in Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yusuke KannoYusuke Kanno, PhD, RN, is project researcher, Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi; and Division of Psycho-Oncology, Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center, National Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan. Kazuki Sato, PhD, RN, is associate professor, Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi; and Department of Nursing, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan. Megumi Shimizu, PhD, RN, is assistant professor, Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; and Clinical Research, Innovation, and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, Japan. Yuko Funamizu, RN, is clinical nurse, Department of Palliative Care Team, Nakadori General Hospital, Akita, Japan. Hideaki Andoh, MD, PhD, is professor, Department of Clinical Nursing, Akita University Graduate School of Health Science, Japan. Megumi Kishino, RN, is clinical nurse, Department of Palliative Care Unit, Shimura Hospital, Hiroshima; and Department of Nursing/Palliative Care Team, Kobe University Hospital, Hyogo, Japan. Tomomi Senaga, RN, is clinical nurse, Department of Palliative Care Unit, Adventist Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan. Tetsu Takahashi, MD, is clinical doctor, Department of Surgery, Koga General Hospital, Miyazaki; and Yushokai Home Medical Care Clinic, Kitasenju, Japan. Mitsunori Miyashita, PhD, RN, is professor, Division of Palliative Nursing, Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Kazuki Sato
Megumi Shimizu
Yuko Funamizu
Hideaki Andoh
Megumi Kishino
Tomomi Senaga
Tetsu Takahashi
Mitsunori Miyashita
Tohoku University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study develops and examines the validity and reliability of 2 scales, respectively, for evaluating nursing care and the experience of difficulties providing nursing care for dying patients with cancer and their families. A cross-sectional anonymous questionnaire was administered to nursing staff caring for dying patients with cancer and their families in 4 general hospitals and a university hospital in Japan. The instruments assessed were the Nursing Care Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families (NCD) and the Nurse's Difficulty Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families (NDD). Of the 497 questionnaires sent to nurses, 401 responses (80%) were analyzed. Factor analyses revealed that the NCD and NDD consisted of 12 items with 4 subscales: "symptom management," "reassessment of current treatment and nursing care," "explanation to family," and "respect for the patient and family's dignity before and after death." These scales had sufficient convergent and discriminative validity, sufficient internal consistency (α of subscales: NCD, 0.71-0.87; NDD, 0.74-0.93), and sufficient test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient of subscales: NCD, 0.59-0.81; NDD, 0.67-0.82) to be used as self-assessments and evaluation tools in education programs to improve the quality of nursing care for the dying patients and their families.

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FamilyNursing ProcessSurveys and QuestionnairesAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitals, GeneralHumansJapanMaleNeoplasmsNursing Staff, HospitalReproducibility of Results

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PMID30063557
PMCPMC6400446
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