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Grant amount：\3770000 （ Direct Cost: \2900000 、 Indirect Cost：\870000 ）

This study notes that the sleep influences especially on the women in menopause with aging. We made the sleep intervening program using the Qi-gong Chinese relax technique. The program is to estimate the change of quality in sleep by Qi-gong. We made DVD as teaching material entitled ‘Wi-gong Brings calm sleep’ (47min). The subjects are divided into experimental group and control group. For experimental group we instruct Qi-gong and Sleep-hygiene simultaneously, for control group we instructed first sleep-hygiene and 2 weeks later Qi-gong.
As the result of data analysis there was no clear improvement of quality in sleep by sleep intervening program, but we could guess rapid going to sleep and deep sleep by Qi-gong.

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Grant amount：\5070000 （ Direct Cost: \3900000 、 Indirect Cost：\1170000 ）

Mothers soon after childbirth are recovering physically and also taking on multiple roles. Early postpartum is an especially stressful and sensitive time for mothers as they focus on incorporating a new member into the family, lack of sleep, sleep deprivation and fatigue. However, their physical health has been relatively neglected both in research and practice. This research described the general health status of mothers in early parenthood longitudinally.
This study revealed subjectively and objectively that mothers in early parenthood were poor physical health, disturbed sleep frequently. Getting good quality sleep should important to maintain good health conditions and to accomplish better childcare for women who are in one or more years after childbirth.

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Grant amount：\4550000 （ Direct Cost: \3500000 、 Indirect Cost：\1050000 ）

Traditional oriental medicine is concerned with maintaining balance between internal energies. Data was collected from 328 women to measure the function of female Organ Meridians. Findings indicated a wide range of individual differences. Quantitative analysis was problematic. In many of the women in our study, the measured value of Organ Meridians of lung, spleen and liver were high. Although findings of patterns of dysfunction were low value, the difference between left and right, or greater variation. The findings of meridians of kidney and bladder in Infertile women showed low levels of energy. The reproduction regions of women undergoing infertility treatment by hormone therapy, showed indications of imbalance with the upper body. Results suggest the possibility that the flow of internal energy may be increased by appropriate care. More research is needed.

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Grant amount：\4940000 （ Direct Cost: \3800000 、 Indirect Cost：\1140000 ）

We support women's health from the position of gathering evidence for the wellbeing of women who have cold constitution. Therefore we examined the effect of alternating hot and cold water baths. Alternating hot and cold water baths were conducted in this study, no significant changes in skin blood flow were found in the cold constitution and non-cold constitution group's circulation. As the skin temperature decreases, the recovery rate increased markedly when compared with the starting temperature before the alternating hot and cold water baths. However, by giving stimulus of alternating hot and cold water baths to the skin, irritation of the skin vessels were thought to occur. Alternating hot and cold water baths are used in private regimen or alternative medicine for cold constitution. However, their effectiveness may need further confirmation of scientific evidence and further research is needed.

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Grant amount：\3210000 （ Direct Cost: \3000000 、 Indirect Cost：\210000 ）

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Grant amount：\2100000 （ Direct Cost: \2100000 ）

喫煙は、多くの生活習慣病の予防可能な単一因子とされる。看護職者が「禁煙支援」を行い、現在の喫煙関連疾患患者の重症化予防だけではなく、顕在化していない喫煙関連疾患の発症予防を目指していくことは重要であり、その実現に向けた検討をすることが、本研究の目的である。
前年度までの2年間の調査では、看護学生、看護師とも「喫煙関連教育や禁煙支援スキルの不足」「保健医療専門職者として自身の喫煙行動に対する意識の低さ」が看護職者(看護学生を含む)自身の喫煙率の高さや禁煙支援未実施率と関連していることが明らかになり、日々更新される喫煙の健康影響や禁煙支援方法等に関する専門知識をどのように得ていけるか、それらを活用した実践ができるかが重要であると考えた。
本研究の最終年度である平成17年度は、多数の看護職者が活動する医療機関での禁煙支援の実現を目指し、具体的方策を明らかにすることと、それらを実践していくことを本研究の目的と定めた。
看護学生には喫煙関連教育と保健医療分野の専門職者となる自身の行動選択の意義の情報提供を行い、看護師には臨床看護実践へ取り込むことができる各科の特徴をふまえた対象者(患者)への禁煙支援方法の提案と実践可能かつ効果的な支援に関する議論を重ねて行うことを、実施した。さらに、我が国の権威的研究者と交流を持ち禁煙支援方法の最新情報の収集に努め情報提供に活用すること、臨床看護師や看護教育機関教員と現状の困難点について意見交換を行い、実際的な禁煙支援の提供方法の検討を深めた。これらの研究活動に関する論文を作成した。
今後、保健医療専門職者の最大数を占める看護職者による禁煙支援のさらなる発展は必須であり、個々の看護師が高い意識をもって効果的な支援を提供していくために、看護学教育(あるいはその前の時期)からの一貫した教育・研修内容の検討が課題になっている。

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