Division of Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
J Clin Nurs. 2019 Jul;28(13-14):2659-2668. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14856. Epub 2019 Apr 9.
To describe the perspectives and support needs of women experiencing menorrhagia in Singapore.
Women with menorrhagia lack awareness regarding the severity of menorrhagia. There is a dearth of literature understanding the support needs of women with menorrhagia.
A descriptive qualitative study design was adopted. The Consolidated crieteria for Reportig Qualitative Research (COREQ) was used to report the findings of this study.
The study was conducted at a tertiary public hospital in Singapore from July 2017-October 2017. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 16 women who were diagnosed with menorrhagia. The total number of interviews was concluded based on data saturation. The interviews were transcribed verbatim, and thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview transcripts. The COREQ was used to report the findings of this study.
Participants reported that they were unaware about menorrhagia and its severity. Various internal and external factors influenced the participants' awareness and understanding of menorrhagia. Although the participants received support to cope with menorrhagia, the support was deemed insufficient. The women shared that menorrhagia had affected their lives physically, emotionally, socially and financially. They used both external and internal coping mechanisms to cope with their conditions and looked for information through close contacts and the Internet. They longed to learn more about their conditions.
Multiethnic Singaporean women with menorrhagia lacked awareness about their conditions and the severity, which affected their lives negatively. There should be greater efforts to raise the public's awareness of menorrhagia so that women can seek medical help early and minimise its negative influence on their lives.
Healthcare providers need to pay greater attention to menorrhagia in order to provide more holistic care and support for those experiencing this condition. Healthcare professionals should understand their patients' experiences with menorrhagia and evaluate their current support resources in order to create a strong support system.
描述新加坡月经过多女性的观点和支持需求。
月经过多的女性对月经过多的严重程度缺乏认识。目前缺乏了解月经过多女性支持需求的文献。
采用描述性定性研究设计。本研究采用了综合定性研究报告标准（COREQ）来报告研究结果。
本研究于 2017 年 7 月至 2017 年 10 月在新加坡一家三级公立医院进行。使用半结构式访谈从 16 名被诊断为月经过多的女性中收集数据。根据数据饱和情况，确定访谈的总次数。访谈逐字记录，采用主题分析方法分析访谈记录。本研究采用 COREQ 来报告研究结果。
参与者报告说，她们对月经过多及其严重程度缺乏认识。各种内部和外部因素影响了参与者对月经过多的认识和理解。尽管参与者得到了应对月经过多的支持，但这些支持被认为是不够的。女性表示，月经过多对她们的身体、情感、社交和经济生活造成了影响。她们使用外部和内部的应对机制来应对自己的病情，并通过亲密接触和互联网寻找信息。她们渴望更多地了解自己的病情。
患有月经过多的新加坡多民族女性对自己的病情和严重程度缺乏认识，这对她们的生活产生了负面影响。应该加大力度提高公众对月经过多的认识，以便女性能够尽早寻求医疗帮助，将其对生活的负面影响降到最低。
医疗保健提供者需要更加关注月经过多，以便为那些经历这种情况的患者提供更全面的护理和支持。医疗保健专业人员应该了解患者的月经过多体验，并评估他们目前的支持资源，以建立一个强大的支持系统。
