Verification of the efficacy of self-care behavior on reducing minor symptoms and improving QOL during pregnancy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24792509
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
• Principal Investigator: UEMATSU SAYO 京都府立医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (40610267)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 妊娠 / マイナートラブル / 生活習慣 / セルフモニタリング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We prepared a scale enabling a comprehensive determination and subjective evaluation of minor symptoms that occur during pregnancy and examined measures for reducing those minor symptoms. The scale was composed of 10 parameters and 3 subscales focusing on psychosomatic symptoms attributable to pregnancy and somatic symptoms attributable to constitution. A fact-finding survey demonstrated that the degree of discomfort associated with somatic symptoms attributable to pregnancy worsen as pregnancy progresses and that somatic symptoms attributable to constitution decrease. Moreover, sleep and daily rhythm were indicated to have an effect on the degree of discomfort. Thus, improvement of daily rhythm and sleep can be expected to be effective for reducing degree of comfort, thereby suggesting the efficacy of self-monitoring that incorporates the use of a sleep journal.

Free Research Field

母性看護学、助産学