Development and Evaluation of a Nursing Intervention Program for the Prevention of Postpartum Tenosynovitis

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MOCHIZUKI Yoshimi 東京工科大学, 医療保健学部, 講師 (60320694)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 産褥 / 看護 / 腱鞘炎

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Hand and wrist pain and housework or childcare status among mothers 1 month postpartum were investigated. Of the 27 respondents, 4 had pain that began around 8-10 months gestation and continued until 1 month postpartum; 9 had pain after discharge from hospitalization for childbirth, 4 of whom had pain that continued until 1 month postpartum. No significant differences were found between the burden of housework or the amount of weight gain of the baby and the presence of hand and wrist pain. The status of housework and childcare that contributed to the onset of pain was not clarified. Interventions regarding differences in time of onset and methods of preventing the onset of hand and wrist pain need to be considered.

Free Research Field

母性看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、産後1か月の母親における手指・手首の痛みについて、妊娠末期に痛みが生じた者では産後1か月まで痛みが継続していたことが明らかになった。これまで産後の手指・手首の使いすぎによる痛みに焦点を当てていたが、妊娠期から長期にわたり痛みを有する母親が一定数おり、使いすぎに起因しない手指・手首の痛みについても効果的な対応策を検討する必要性が示唆された。産後の不快症状を軽減できれば、母親が快適に育児生活を送ることへの一助となるだろう。