身体的および職業的障害としての更年期:ガーナの女性の経験に関する質的研究 (MARIE-WP2a)
Fred Tweneboah-Koduah1, Nana Mintah-Afful2, Isaac Lartey Narh1
1Narh-Bita Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
|February 23, 2026
まとめ
更年期は,ガーナの女性の仕事と経済的安定に大きく影響し,心理的苦痛と身体的な症状を引き起こす. 医療へのアクセスは限られており,統合されたサポートと職場での保護の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 生殖器保健は,生殖器の健康についてです.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学とは
- 職業衛生は,健康に関するものです.
背景:
- 更年期は,世界中の女性の健康と幸福に大きく影響を与えます.
- ガーナでは,女性の生活は,しばしば非公式の貿易,介護,およびジェンダーによる仕事の役割によって形作られ,更年期経験に潜在的に影響を与える.
研究 の 目的:
- ガーナの女性たちの間での閉経前期と閉経期の体験を調査する.
- 更年期が日常生活,ワークライフバランス,ヘルスケアへのアクセスに与える影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- ガーナ全土から18~99歳の女性を対象に,深入で半構造化されたインタビューを用いた定性研究である.
- データは,ブラウンとクラークの6相反射的テーマ解析を用いて分析された.
主要な成果:
- 6つのテーマが浮上し,更年期が職業的/経済的ストレスを増やし,汚名によって生じる心理的負担が加わることを明らかにした.
- 身体的な症状は,日常の機能に重大な影響を及ぼし,医療へのアクセスは,認知度やサービスの分散によって制限されています.
- 女性は,ハーブ療法や社会からの撤退などの対処戦略を活用します.
結論:
- 閉経は,ガーナで無視されている職業的および社会文化的健康問題です.
- 更年期ケアを慢性疾患と精神保健サービスに統合することは極めて重要です.
- 医療へのアクセスの改善と職場での保護は,女性を支援するために不可欠です.
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