RESUMO
The purpose of this study was to clarify the survey of non－pharmacological interventions provided by nurses in palliative care units for dyspnea in terminally ill cancer patients. A survey of 450 palliative care unit nurses working in the Kanto and Koshinetsu regions was conducted using an anonymous, self－completed questionnaire between September and November 2011. Data on 414 respondents (response rate, 92.0%) were analyzed. The questionnaire was based on a literature review and interviews with nurses, and it asked about the frequency of non－pharmacological interventions (nursing support) in 31 items and the nurses’impressions of whether these interventions were effective. In the items which frequency of intervention was high, there are nursing support which provide with ease and nearly cost or time free. In the low, there are nursing supports which need for knowledge and skills when the supports are provided. In the items which impression that it was effective was high, there are similar supports with frequency of intervention. These results may be useful when discussing future support for dyspnea in patients with terminal cancer.