Shiho Matsuoka, RN, MS Doctoral Student, Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Naoko Kato, PhD, RN Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Takahiro Kayane, RN Nurse Manager, Department of Nursing, Edogawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Michiyo Yamada, RN Department of Nursing, Edogawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Masako Koizumi, RN, MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Nursing, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital, Japan.
Toshimi Ikegame, RN, MSN Nurse Manager, Department of Nursing, St Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya, PhD, RN Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Research Activity Start-up) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (grant no. 23890214).
Authors Shiho Matsuoka, RN, MS, Naoko Kato, PhD, RN, and Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya, PhD, RN, contributed equally to this study.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Correspondence Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, Kitasato University, 2-1-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252–0329, Japan ([email protected]).
