Jinno Miho, Dai Misako, Ito Kaori, Ando Yosuke, Toyosato-Nishibe Seira, Akiyoshi Maki, Noda Sachie, Matsuda Hidezo, Tsujii Naho, Zennami Miho, Yamamura Masami, Katagata Yoko, Ito Akemi, Takai Aki, Yamada Shigeki, Kawada Kenji, Sugama Junko, Mano Keiko
Division of Nursing, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Research Center for Implementation Nursing Science Initiative, Research Promotion Headquarters, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Fujita Med J. 2025 Feb;11(1):44-47. doi: 10.20407/fmj.2024-005. Epub 2024 Oct 31.
Outpatient chemotherapy is a standard treatment for cancer. In nursing care for outpatients, it is important to enhance patients' self-efficacy. Vicarious experiences that can be gained through interactions with other patients with cancer can be useful for achieving this. While inpatients can gain vicarious experiences through their hospital stay, outpatients typically have fewer opportunities to do so.
This report aimed to examine the results of implementation of support meetings for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy.
Starting in April 2019, support meetings were held once a month for outpatients on Thursdays from 14:00 to 16:00 in a hospital conference room. Medical professionals designed the programme of support meetings to allow patients to interact with each other and engage in vicarious experiences. At each meeting, satisfaction regarding the support meeting content was evaluated by self-administered questionnaire. Moreover, the nurse asked all participants to talk about their interactions, and recorded and extracted narratives about vicarious experiences.
The 32 participants had a median age (interquartile range) of 63.5 years (55-70 years). There were 26 females (81.2%). The median satisfaction scores ranged from 2.9 to 4 for the content of each meeting. Patients talked about the value of learning from the experiences of other patients and the easing of loneliness.
The results suggested that support meetings can provide vicarious experiences for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy.
门诊化疗是癌症的标准治疗方法。在门诊患者的护理中，提高患者的自我效能感很重要。通过与其他癌症患者互动获得的替代性经验有助于实现这一目标。住院患者可以通过住院获得替代性经验，而门诊患者通常获得此类经验的机会较少。
本报告旨在探讨为接受门诊化疗的患者举办支持会议的实施效果。
从2019年4月开始，每月在医院会议室为门诊患者于周四14:00至16:00举办一次支持会议。医学专业人员设计了支持会议方案，以便患者相互交流并获得替代性经验。每次会议通过自填问卷评估对支持会议内容的满意度。此外，护士要求所有参与者讲述他们的互动情况，并记录和提取有关替代性经验的叙述。
32名参与者的年龄中位数（四分位间距）为63.5岁（55 - 70岁）。女性有26名（81.2%）。每次会议内容的满意度中位数评分在2.9至4分之间。患者谈到了从其他患者的经验中学习的价值以及孤独感的减轻。
结果表明，支持会议可以为接受门诊化疗的患者提供替代性经验。
