日本赤十字看护学会志第15卷第1号-umin.pdfVIP

J Jpn Red Cross Soc Nurs Sci Vol.15, No.1, pp.21 29, 2015 日赤看会誌　 - 研 究 報 告 Maternity diaryを使用した 母体胎児集中治療室（MFICU）入院中の切迫早産妊婦の思い 児玉　一枝 Thoughts expressed in a “Maternity diary” by pregnant women with threatened premature delivery hospitalized at the Maternal and Fetal Intensive Care Unit（MFICU） Kazue Kodama キイワード ：Maternity diary、MFICU、切迫早産 key words ： Maternity diary，MFICU，threatened premature delivery Abstract 　The aim of the present study was to elicit the thoughts of pregnant women with threatened premature delivery hospitalized at the Maternal and Fetal Intensive Care Unit（MFICU）using a “Maternity diary,” which is designed to promote self-monitoring of such pregnant women, and to investigate the usefulness of the “Maternity diary” based on these results in order to obtain suggestions for future obstetrical care. 　Analysis of the “Maternity diary” containing the thoughts of these pregnant women revealed their reaction to the symptoms of threatened premature delivery, their physical and mental burdens, and their thoughts toward their family and the fetus. Analysis of the semi-constructed interviews revealed that these pregnant women were able to objectively accept their circumstance, remember their feelings, and express their thoughts. Moreover, self-monitoring enabled them to self-evaluate, resulting in a change in their attitude toward self-care. These pregnant women with threatened premature delivery were able to deepen their love for their fetus by expressing their though