Physical and mental effect of cloth menstrual pad usage over female students

• Project/Area Number: 24792515
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Mayuko 福岡県立大学, 看護学部, 助教 (50553418)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 女子学生 / 布製ナプキン / 月経観 / 冷え / 体温 / 皮膚温 / 紙製ナプキン / 不定愁訴 / 月経随伴症状 / 女子大学生 / 紙ナプキン / VAS / Cloth menstrual pad / 月経教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this study is to clarify the effect of cloth menstrual pad usage over female students as a basic data in verifying whether cloth menstrual pad contributes to female quality of life (QOL) improvement. From the experiment and result of interview, positive change in image of menstruation/reduction of menstrual pain/improvement of discomfort in using napkin during menstruation were observed suggesting that cloth menstrual pad usage may play role in QOL improvement over female students who get discomforting symptom with paper menstrual pad.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 看護系女子学生の布製ナプキン使用感 (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤繭子
  • Organizer: 第30回日本助産学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都府京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-21