Title

Nursing interventions on self-care and quality of life among Indian women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Authors

Sabari Raja¹, Theranirajan Ethiraj², Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran^{*, 3}, Valveeman Vijayalakshmi¹, Asvini Murugesan¹ & Seethalakshmi Durairaj¹

Affiliation

¹Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ²Department of Pediatrics, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; ³Department of Pediatric Nursing, Madras Medical College, The TN Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding author

Email

Sabari Raja - E - mail: yesuasabari11@gmail.com

Theranirajan Ethiraj - E - mail: deanmmc@tn.gov.in

Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran - E - mail: shankarshaki@yahoo.com

Valveeman Vijayalakshmi - Email: Vijisiva64@gmail.com

Asvini Murugesan - E - mail: asvinisurya@gmail.com

Seethalakshmi Durairaj - E - mail: dseethu@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2025; Revised January 31, 2025; Accepted January 31, 2025, Published January 31, 2025

Abstract

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) affects 10-30% of women of reproductive age, often leading to physical and emotional distress. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of selected nursing interventions in improving self-care and quality of life (QOL) among Indian women with AUB at a maternity tertiary care centre in Chennai using a quasi-experimental, non-randomized control group design. Nursing interventions, including education on symptom management, lifestyle modifications, and personalised support, significantly improved self-care and QOL in the experimental group. A comparison of pretest and post-test scores confirmed the effectiveness of these interventions, with demographic factors influencing patient outcomes. Thus, the importance of structured nursing interventions in enhancing symptom management and overall well-being in women with AUB is reported.

Keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding, nursing intervention, self-care, quality of life, women’s health

Citation

Raja et al. Bioinformation 21(1): 25-29 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.