Level 3 Development of Professional Care Skills for Breastfeeding

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K15919
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: MISAKI Naoko 弘前大学, 保健学研究科, 准教授 (70209740)
• Research Collaborator: TAKANASHI KAZUHIKO ; MORI KEIKO ; HAYAKARI YOKO ; KAMATA RISA ; TAKEO TERUKO ; ODA ASTUSI
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 乳房マッサージ / 助産師 / 母乳育児 / 心地よさ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is level 3 research on the development of comfort-focused breast massage performed by midwives on lactating women “Comfortable Professional Breast Massage (CPBM)”. Two midwives performed breast massage two times on each mother according to changing breast condition and the number of days postpartum. Massage skills were measured and tracked over time with 3-dimensional video, a finger pressure gauge and an electromyograph. Both common movements and different movements were observed in the massage skills performed by each midwife depending upon the breast condition

Free Research Field

助産学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で得られた知見は、心地よさをもたらす複数の助産師の産後日数によって変化する乳房状態に応じた乳房マッサージスキルの特徴である。それらは、従来の乳房マッサージの枠を越えて心地よさの側面から簡便なComfortable Professional Breast Massage(CPBM)のスキルの開発のためのスキルの標準化に結び付き、CPBMを助産師が実施することで乳房ケアを提供でき母乳育児の貢献につながる。