Creating a Health Promotion Program for Unmarried Working Women: Focusing on Behavior and Physiology

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24792510
• 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: Yoshioka Yukako (大久保友香子) 京都府立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (50377678)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MANABE EMIKO 同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 教授 (30269774) ; IZUMI MIE 同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (10552268) ; UEMATSU SAYO 同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 講師 (40610267)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 生活習慣 / 自律神経活動 / 月経随伴症状 / 未婚 / 勤労女性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the daily life habits, amount of exercise, autonomic nerve activity, mental state, and menstruation-associated symptoms of unmarried working women. It found a relationship between the latter and quality of sleep, the consumption of breakfast and snacks, mental state, and autonomic nerve activity. However, no relationship was found between menstruation-associated symptoms and exercise habits or calories consumed due to exercise. On the other hand, mental state and autonomic nerve activity were found to be related to the quality of sleep. The above suggests that to alleviate the menstruation-associated symptoms of unmarried working women, it is necessary to improve their quality of sleep.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学