Publications by authors named "Yukie Kurihara"
Endocrinological evaluations of brief hand massages in palliative care.
J Altern Complement Med
September 2009
Background And Objectives: Some patients with advanced cancer make use of complementary therapies for the reduction of anxiety and stress. These patients can suffer distressing end-of-life symptoms, which conventional treatments might not relieve satisfactorily. Although previous studies have suggested that complementary therapies could be useful for reducing distress in patients with cancer, it has remained unclear whether these benefits are applicable at the end-of-life stage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) might enhance the quality of life of patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the current practice of CAM in Japanese palliative care units. A 17-item questionnaire was mailed to all 150 certified palliative care units in Japan, 80% of which responded.
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- Research shows that helping terminally ill cancer patients find meaning in life is crucial for palliative care, but few studies focus on training nurses to address these patients' feelings of meaninglessness.
- This study aimed to validate tools to measure nurses' practices and attitudes towards caring for patients experiencing meaninglessness and assess the impact of a five-hour educational workshop designed to enhance these skills.
- Using a questionnaire distributed to 147 nurses before and after the workshop, the researchers developed reliable measurement scales and evaluated changes in nurses' confidence, burnout, attitudes, and approaches to patient care over time.
Background: Although palliative sedation therapy is often used in palliative care settings, no clinical guideline is available.
Objective: To construct a clinical guideline for palliative sedation therapy.
Design: The consensus methods using the Delphi technique on the basis of a systematic literature review was used.
Purpose: Symptomatic sedation is often required in terminally ill cancer patients and could cause significant distress to their families. The aim of this study was to gather vivid family descriptions about their experiences in palliative sedation therapy.
Methods: This report is an additional analysis of a multicenter questionnaire survey.