AI program development research to support consultation behavior for women in their 30s with suspected dysmenorrhea

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K19683
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58070:Lifelong developmental nursing-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: sugiura Kazuko 名古屋市立大学, 大学院看護学研究科, 准教授 (30584990)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 就労女性 / 月経 / QOL / セルフケア / 産婦人科受診行動 / プログラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is a fundamental study to elucidate the relationship between women's menstruation and QOL, the impact on work, and to devise and develop a health support program for better coping with menstruation. We investigated the relationship between menstruation and QOL, the use of painkillers during menstruation, the relationship between use of painkillers during menstruation and knowledge of the pill, and the desire to use the pill for working women. As a result, there was a significant difference in the use of painkillers during menstruation and the desire to use pills by age group. Based on this result, we were able to create a health support AI program protocol.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

就労女性は、仕事との両立のために月経時の痛みに対し、一時しのぎで痛み止めのみで様子を見てしまう傾向が強い。その結果、女性が治療にたどり着くまでには様々なハードルがあり、自分自身の健康を省みる時間がなく長い年月が過ぎてしまいやすい。本研究により、個人レベルで月経に対し健康のバロメータとしてよりよく向き合える一助となる。また健康意識の向上、産婦人科受診のタイミングを逸さず将来的な婦人科疾患のリスク・重症化や不妊症の可能性の減少への一助となり得る。さらには医療のみならず女性労働力の維持、将来的な不妊症リスクの減少、健康の維持増進により社会経済効果をあげることができる。