MENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO DEGREE OF COMFORT IN USING SANITARY NAPKINS
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- KAMIKAWA Yasuko
- Faculty of Human development, University of Toyama
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- OJIMA Yoshiko
- Faculty of Human development, University of Toyama
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- KIMURA Mika
- Tochigi Laboratories, Kao Corporation
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- SUZUKI Megumi
- Tokyo Laboratories, Kao Corporation
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- YADA Yukihiro
- Tokyo Laboratories, Kao Corporation
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 生理用ナプキンの装着感が心身に与える影響
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Description
This study examined the mental and physiological responses to degree of comfort in using sanitary napkins. Two types of sanitary napkins (thin type, thick type) were used by 17 women between menstrual periods. We evaluated the visual analog scale (VAS), heart rate (HR), ratio of low frequency and high frequency (LF/HF) of heart rate variability and salivary chromogranin A (CgA). The results of VAS (subjective evaluation) showed that the thin type napkin was more comfortable than the thick type napkin. The results of HR, LF/HF and salivary CgA (physiological evaluation) indicated that using the thin type napkin did not increase sympathetic activities compared with using the thick type napkin. Those results suggested that comfortable sanitary napkins have less stress mentally and physiologically.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Physiological Anthropology
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Japanese Journal of Physiological Anthropology 14 (4), 171-177, 2009
Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679431093248
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- NII Article ID
- 110007505253
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- NII Book ID
- AN1052804X
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- ISSN
- 24320986
- 13423215
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed