Effect of Maya Massage on Relieving Women's Uterine Prolapse Degrees

Abstract

An intervention study design was used to investigate the effect of Maya massage on relieving uterine prolapse degrees. A purposive sample were used to recruit thirty women with 0, I, II stages of uterine prolapse at Gynaecological Outpatient Clinic and Urogenital Dynamic Unit at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital. Two tools of data collection were used in this study as follows: An interviewing schedule sheet and uterine prolapse manifestation follow up sheet. Results: findings of the present study showed that 66.7% of the studied women carried heavy object. Moreover, 70.0% of them had moderate obesity. Furthermore, all of the studied women had total mild manifestation of uterine prolapse before intervention. Finally, there was a highly statistical significant difference between mean score of uterine prolapse manifestation before, and twelve weeks after intervention. Conclusion: Maya massage significantly relieves uterine prolapse manifestation after intervention by eight and twelve weeks that reflected upon relieving uterine prolapse degrees. Recommendations: conduction of awareness session for women about Maya massage as a complementary alternative therapy.