کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1917144 1047880 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Bangladesh Midlife Women's Health Study (BMWHS): Methods, challenges and experiences
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی سالمندی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Bangladesh Midlife Women's Health Study (BMWHS): Methods, challenges and experiences
چکیده انگلیسی


• Cultural and religious sensitivities and safety were addressed by engaging community leaders.
• Age at menarche in relation to marriage and child birth enabled age estimation as life events were inadequate.
• Identification of challenges for other researchers planning to conduct survey about women's health issues in similar contexts.

ObjectivesTo understand the challenges and experiences encountered during data collection for Bangladesh Midlife Women's Health Study (BMWHS) that investigated the low uptake of cervical cancer (CCa) screening barriers, understanding of breast cancer (BCa) knowledge and practices, the prevalence of urinary and fecal incontinence and menopausal symptoms.MethodsA multistage cluster sampling technique was used to recruit women from the 32 districts of Bangladesh that had offered CCa screening. Female interviewers were trained to undertake structured face-to-face interviews that incorporated both non-validated and several validated questionnaires, such as Question for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory, Colorectal-Anal Distress Inventory and Menopause-Specific Quality of Life.ResultsWe completed surveys of 1590 women, estimated age 30–59 years, between September 2013 and March 2014. We implemented several strategies to deal with low literacy and used the temporal relationship between marriage and childbirth, and the average age of onset of menarche, to estimate age. Cultural and religious sensitivities and personal security were managed by engaging community leaders, limiting activities to daylight hours, adopting local codes of dress, such as the wearing of head scarves. Our major challenges and experiences included difficulties in age determination, selection of and access to households, interview privacy, lack of basic and health literacy, transportation, political unrest and security of the interviewers.ConclusionBy anticipating challenges, we have been able to comprehensively survey a representative sample of Bangladeshi women. Disseminating information about the field challenges and experiences from the BMWHS should assist other researchers planning to conduct surveys about women's health issues in similar context.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Maturitas - Volume 80, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 89–94
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