Evaluation of midwife's vaginal examination assessed by virtual reality model

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670971
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Izumi 神戸大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (10195977)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HORI Hiroshi 理化学研究所, 健康生き活き羅針盤リサーチコンプレックス戦略室, 研究開発戦略ナビゲーター (90574715) ; FUJITA Naoto 広島大学, 大学院医歯薬保健学研究科, 講師 (90584178)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 可視化 / 周産期 / 助産師 / 内診 / 技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objectives of this study were to determine the vaginal examination techniques used by midwives through measurements with objective indicators; to determine the relation between midwives' vaginal examination techniques, number of years of work experience, and providing birth assistance; The study was conducted on 103 midwives working in hospitals.An actual measurement of five items (Cervical dilatation, position of the cervix, cervical consistency , cervical effacement, and station of the presenting fetal head) involved in vaginal examination was performed by using the first virtual-reality model of vaginal examination to have been developed in Japan.The accuracy rate of the vaginal examination based on the total score was 57.8%. the “station of the presenting fetal head” had the lowest accuracy rate.No relationship was found between the total scores of vaginal examination techniques, the midwives' clinical experience, and the number of births they had assisted.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学