Gocho Saori, Miyagi Yukina, Nakayama Chika, Miyachi Yuka, Okada Shoshiro, Maruyama Kenta, Oshima Taeyuki
Department of Pharmacy, Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan.
Neuropsychopharmacol Rep. 2024 Dec;44(4):698-705. doi: 10.1002/npr2.12475. Epub 2024 Aug 23.
The distance from the patient is a crucial factor in the communication with patients. The distance between patients and pharmacists varies depending on several factors. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between comfort distance and patients' physical condition and mood by measuring this distance at a chemotherapy center.
A total of 114 patients were surveyed regarding their physical condition and mood. The distance at which the patients were best able to talk to the pharmacists was measured. For comfort distance measurement, the pharmacists were instructed to approach or move away from the patients.
The correlation between physical condition, mood, and comfort distance was examined in both male and female patients, and no significant correlation was found; however, there was a strong correlation between physical condition and mood in female patients. We looked at correlations by further dividing patients into those over and under 65 years of age and found a slight correlation with comfort distance in women under 65. They tended to shorten the distance when they felt well and lengthen the distance when they felt not well.
No correlation was found between physical condition or mood and comfort distance in male or female. A slight correlation was observed when age was included; however, the results were not satisfactory. By directly measuring the distance in actual patients, we obtained an actual measurement of the comfort distance that synthesized the patient's condition and various backgrounds during chemotherapy, providing a foothold for future studies.
与患者之间的距离是医患沟通中的一个关键因素。患者与药剂师之间的距离因多种因素而异。在本研究中，我们旨在通过在化疗中心测量这一距离，来探究舒适距离与患者身体状况及情绪之间的关系。
共对114名患者的身体状况和情绪进行了调查。测量了患者与药剂师交谈时最舒适的距离。在测量舒适距离时，指导药剂师靠近或远离患者。
对男性和女性患者的身体状况、情绪与舒适距离之间的相关性进行了检验，未发现显著相关性；然而，女性患者的身体状况与情绪之间存在较强的相关性。我们进一步将患者分为65岁及以上和65岁以下两组来研究相关性，发现65岁以下女性与舒适距离存在轻微相关性。她们感觉良好时倾向于缩短距离，感觉不适时则倾向于拉长距离。
未发现男性或女性的身体状况或情绪与舒适距离之间存在相关性。纳入年龄因素后观察到轻微相关性；然而，结果并不理想。通过直接测量实际患者的距离，我们获得了一个综合化疗期间患者状况及各种背景的舒适距离的实际测量值，为未来研究提供了一个立足点。
