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Qualitative Study about How Decision-making of Receiving Mechanical Ventilation (Invasive Ventilation) Influence Mental Burden of Caregivers of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients in Japan Miki Onishi 1 , Mami Kayama 1 , Soichi Takamura 2 , Yuri Kawano 3 , Sadayoshi Ohbu 4 1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo 2Department of Community and Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tottori University 3Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nagoya City University School of Nursing 4Department of Neurology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital Keyword: 筋萎縮性側索硬化症 , グラウンデッド・セオリー・アプローチ , 介護負担 , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , ALS , grounded theory approach , caregiver's burden pp.363-373
Published Date 2003/9/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1681100210
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 Objective : The aim of this study was to explore on what situation caregivers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients decide to receive mechanical ventilation (invasive ventilation), and how their mental burden were influenced by that decision-making.

 Methods : Subjects were twelve caregivers of ALS patients. Semi-structured interviews were done to each subject, and the data was analyzed by using a grounded theory approach.

 Results : As the mental processes of caregivers, three stages (i.e., “Decision making regarding the future”, “Continuous adaptation”, “Loss of interaction with the patient”) were found. Throughout each step, “finding a meaning of prolonged life” emerged as the core category to describe the mental process of caregivers. When caregivers could “find a meaning of prolonged life”, they could get “the power to continue caring for ALS patients”. When “the hesitation and the regret to the choice” happened to them, however it would be difficult to “find a meaning of prolonged life” for caregivers. Under these circumstances, caregivers said that they experienced “the decline of the motivation to continue caring for ALS patients”. When caregivers decided on “the choice of fate” alone and not with ALS patients, the degree of the pain for caregivers were the severer.

 Conclusions : The degree of the pain for caregivers of ALS patients were differed by whom the decision was made whether to receive mechanical ventilation or not. We think that deliberate discussion among the patient, the caregiver, and the medical staff is indispensable for decision-making.


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