Improvement of QOL after surgical repair among women with obstetric fistula in South Asia: Women's health during post-MDG era

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460807
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUYAMA Akiko 長崎大学, 熱帯医学グローバルヘルス研究科, 教授 (70404233)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AOYAMA Atsuko 名古屋大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40184056) ; KANEKO Satoshi 長崎大学, 熱帯医学研究所, 教授 (00342907)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: フィスチュラ / 妊娠出産に関する慢性疾患 / バングラデシュ / 子宮脱 / 尿失禁 / 生活の質（QOL)

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since MDG has launched in 2000 as global development agenda, reduction of maternal mortality has attracted major attention in reproductive health arena. However, there has been scant academic knowledge on maternal morbidity and disability. The objective of the study is to holistically understand the three major maternal morbidity, namely obstetric fistula, uterine prolapse, and urinary incontinence from both epidemiological and socio-cultural perspectives in Bangladesh. Due to political instability in Bangladesh for some time during the study period, some research activities have been delayed than scheduled. We have completed, however, the study on health-related quality of life among women after surgical repair of obstetric fistula in Bangladesh. A few essential factors affecting their QOL after surgery have been identified and discussed.

Free Research Field

医療人類学、国際保健、リプロダクティブヘルス