Development of a new needs assessment indicator for menopausal symptoms from the viewpoint of gender

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25360057
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Nara University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMAMOTO Takako 奈良大学, 社会学部, 教授 (70254505)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HAFSI Med 奈良大学, 社会学部心理学科, 教授 (00210104) ; TAHARA Takehiko 奈良大学, 教養部, 教授 (80207208)
• Research Collaborator: YUKAWA Takako 奈良大学, 元教授 ; SHIMAMOTO Ikuko 奈良県立医科大学, 産婦人科, 臨床教授 ; YAMAGUCHI Yu Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute CA, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 女性医学 / ヘルスケア / 不定愁訴 / 更年期障害 / QOL / ジェンダー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to clarify the various complaints seen in women in menopausal periods from the psychological and sociological aspects and to develop a new needs assessment indicator that takes into consideration the necessary support to achieve patient's way of life and wish. Developing such an indicator should improve the way by which women recognize subjective symptoms and common understanding among professionals and supporters in medical and related fields, and contribute to the realization of total human care.

The results of this research suggest that, by adding the typing of gender roles, self-evaluation tendency, and personality to the assessment index, it would be possible to improve self-care by women in menopausal periods and to promote common understanding of the ailments by professionals and supporters involved in their care.

Free Research Field

女性医学