Study of creating standard evaluation criteria for striae gravidarum

• Project/Area Number: 25862187
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI KOTOMI 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (40432314)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 助産学 / QOL / 妊娠線 / 看護学 / 周産期医学 / 妊婦 / ＱＯＬ / 皮膚

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are little study for striae gravidarum in foreign coutries as well as in Japan. The time of appearance for striae gravidarum is also not been clarified at present.
I studied the relationship between the presence of accurence for striae gravidarum and serum relaxin level. There was a case which striae grabidarum had appeared at 28 weeks of gestation, but many had appeared 34 weeks gestation. There was no significant difference between the presence of accurence for striae gravidarum and serum relaxin level. I could not see the process of accurence for striae gravidarum and serum relaxin level.Therefore further research will be required to explore the cause of striae gravidarum.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 妊娠線出現前の妊婦の妊娠線に対する認識と妊娠線予防行動との関連 (2015)
  • Author(s): 山口琴美、井關敦子、大橋一友
  • Journal Title: 母性衛生 Volume: 55 Pages: 783-790
  • NAID: 110009901234
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Relation between serum relaxin and presence of striae gravidarum among Japanese primiparae. (2015)
  • Author(s): asuno Kayako, Yamaguchi Kotomi, Matsuura Hiromu, Ohwaki Masaya, Ohashi Kazutomo, Suganuma Nobuhiko
  • Organizer: XXⅠ FIGO (the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Place of Presentation: Canada, Vancouver
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-05
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Excessive expectations for preventive effects reduces quality of life among pregnant Japanese women with striae gravidarum. (2015)
  • Author(s): Yamaguchi Kotomi, Iseki Astuko, Suganuma Nobuhiko, Ohashi Kazutomo
  • Organizer: XXⅠ FIGO (the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Place of Presentation: Canada, Vancouver
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-05
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 妊娠線出現前の妊婦の妊娠線に対する認識 (2014)
  • Author(s): 山口琴美、井關敦子、大橋一友
  • Organizer: 第55回日本母性衛生学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本・千葉
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-13 – 2014-09-14