- 著者
- Seigo Minami Ryuji Kobayashi
- 出版者
- 社団法人 日本作業療法士協会
- 雑誌
- Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy (ISSN:13473476)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.12, no.1, pp.29-36, 2016 (Released:2016-09-04)
- 参考文献数
- 18
- 被引用文献数
- 1
Objective/Background: In this study, we classified the psychological adjustments of family members of terminal cancer patients using a conceptual structure based on recurring cases. We hypothesised that it is possible to determine the need for intervention on the basis of the occupational performance patterns of the family members.Methods: The subjects were bereaved family members of cancer patients who died more than a year ago. For our classification system, we adopted code matrix analysis using MAXQDA10 analysis software.Results: We categorised the 9 cases into 3 types on the basis of functionality with regard to occupation: i) type of continued occupation; ii) type of resumed occupation; iii) type of interrupted occupation. Conclusions: The categorisation of occupational types assumes that occupation has an effect on the family members' ability to progress through or alter mental states according to occupational performance patterns.