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Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Jan 15, 2013
Background and purpose: Child birth is the most emotional experience of women that influences the... more Background and purpose: Child birth is the most emotional experience of women that influences their health state throughout life. Being alone in labor suites, results in high anxiety level and complications among mothers. This study aimed at evaluating the effects of psychosocial support during labor provided by a female relative on anxiety level of primiparous women and midwives' points of view regarding this intervention in Iran hospital, Iranshahr. Materials and methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted in 210 primiparous women attending Iranshahr hospital, 2010. The subjects were aged between 18-35 years old, at 37 weeks gestational age who were carrying a single fetus and cervical dilatation (> 3 cm) with no indication for elective caesarean section. They were randomly assigned into experimental (n=105) and control groups (n=105). Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory was used to record the anxiety score in admission time and in 6-8 cm dilation of cervix. All subjects received similar midwifery helps, however, women in experimental group were accompanied by a female relative until one hour after birth and the mothers in the control group received routine care. Midwives' points of view were also recorded regarding the intervention. To analyze the data independent t-test, paired t-test, and x 2 test were used. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups regarding demographic features, gestational age, fetal weight and state anxiety score. Mothers' anxiety score on 6-8 cm dilation was significantly lower in intervention group (43.9%) while this score was 51.4% in control group (P<0.05). The anxiety score increased significantly in control group during labor (51.4%) compared with that in admission time (44.6%), (P<0.05). But no significant difference was found in the state anxiety score during labor and admission time among experimental group (44.5% and 43.9%, respectively). Midwives' rate of satisfaction with the intervention was 81.9%, disturbance made by companions in delivery room was 14.3%, and interfering with physician orders was 23.8%. Conclusion: Psychosocial support by female companion is a low cost and useful way to decrease anxiety of primiparous mother during labor. This intervention also increases satisfaction of midwives.
Advanced biomedical research, 2012
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite which causes vaginitis in women worldwide. Metronid... more Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite which causes vaginitis in women worldwide. Metronidazole with vast side effects is drug of choice for this infection. In search for an alternative drug, in this study the effect of three plants on Trichomonas vaginalis has been investigated in vitro. Alcoholic and watery extracts of Echinophora platyloba, Stachys lavandulifolia, and Eucalyptus camaldulensis were prepared. In TYIS culture medium containing alive Trichomonas vaginalis different concentrations of extracts of three plants were added. Following, 24, 48, and 72 h incubation the number of parasite in each test tube was counted. Eucalyptus camaldulensis showed a strong effect on Trichomonas vaginalis growth. However, no significant effect was observed with Echinophora platyloba or Stachys lavandulifolia extracts. Eucalyptus camaldulensis can be considered as an alternative drug for treatment of infective vaginitis which is caused by bacteria, fungi and parasites.
Journal of Shahrekord …, 2011
Background and aim: Elderly people usually suffer from chronic diseases. Medicinal plants are bei... more Background and aim: Elderly people usually suffer from chronic diseases. Medicinal plants are being used by an increasing number of elderly people without their physician prescription. The aim of this study was to determine the medicinal plants usage in elderly people in Shahrekord. Methods: This research was an analytical-descriptive study, in which 400 elderly people were selected by simple sampling method from population referred to health care center in Shahrekord. The data was collected by questionnaire and analyzed by Chi-square test. Results: The result of this study showed that 74.4% of the samples studied had used the medicinal plants. The most common reasons of medicinal plant usage were common cold, stomach pain, headache, arthralgia and hypertension. The most frequent medicinal plants used were Thymus daenensis, Echium amoenum, Descurainia sophia, Achillea wilhelmsii, and Glycyrrhiza glabra. Our data showed that 91% of the samples believed herbal medicines have been effective in their treatments. No significant relationship was observed between gender, age, education level, job and using the medicinal plants (P>0.05). Conclusion: Regarding to the frequent usage of medicinal plants in elderly people it is necessity to give accurate information about the side effects and possible interactions of medicinal plants to the community. More research is suggested to evaluate the efficacy and possible side effects of medicinal plants in elderly people.
Introduction: The desire of the human to control the gender of fetus prior to conception has alwa... more Introduction: The desire of the human to control the gender of fetus prior to conception has always been important. The aim of this study was to determine the role of maternal diet on fetal gender. Materials and Methods: In this narrative review study, a comprehensive review of databases including Pubmed, Scirus, Cochrane library, ScienceDirect, MD Consult, google scholar, Iranmedex, Magiran, and SID from 1982 to 2013 was performed. Key words to search databases included fetal sex, sex ratio, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, fructose, eating disorders, sex selection, maternal diet, Ionic diet, fatty acid, calorie, and famine. Results: Results of studies on the effects of nutritional deficiencies and disorders on sex ratio were controversial. Studies showed that a combination of environmental factors such as stress, time of conception and maternal diet had effects on sex ratio. Preconceptional nutritional status of mothers was very important in changing sex ratio. Increasing the intake of K + + Na+ / Ca 2 + + Mg2+ in diet and high calorie diet could increase the ratio of male offsprings. Conclusions: Preconceptional diet was important in fetal sex ratio. However, low sample size in most human studies and the complex mechanisms of sex determination make it difficult to conclude definitively on this issue. Further human studies with larger sample size in this field are suggested.
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery, 2018
Background: Grief is a common reaction pf parents to abortion. It may be followed by various psyc... more Background: Grief is a common reaction pf parents to abortion. It may be followed by various psychological complications that affect women's individual-social quality of life. This study aimed to determine the correlation between post-abortion grief and quality of life of women with a history of abortion. Materials and Procedures: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2016. Convenience sampling was applied to select 165 women with a history of abortion from health centers and hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran). A demographic and fertility questionnaire, the Perinatal Bereavement Grief Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation tests were administered to analyze the data. All analyses were performed using SPSS 20. Findings: There was a significant relationship between quality of life and post-abor...
Electronic physician, 2016
Perinatal loss is one of the most stressful life events that parents and caregivers experience. P... more Perinatal loss is one of the most stressful life events that parents and caregivers experience. Providing an empathetic, caring environment to support mothers who experience perinatal loss is necessary. The aim of this study was to assess mothers' perception of the quality of services received from health centers after perinatal loss. This study was conducted in 2014-2015 using qualitative content analysis. Participants in the study were 40 women with a history of miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death who live in Tehran and Shahrekord, Iran. Data were collected from the participants through semi-structured, in-depth interviews, and they were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. One theme and six main categories were developed, and they indicated the mothers' experiences and understandings of the quality of service received after perinatal loss. The major theme was 'dissatisfaction with the quality of care received.' The main categories included: 1) effec...
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Jan 15, 2013
Background and purpose: Child birth is the most emotional experience of women that influences the... more Background and purpose: Child birth is the most emotional experience of women that influences their health state throughout life. Being alone in labor suites, results in high anxiety level and complications among mothers. This study aimed at evaluating the effects of psychosocial support during labor provided by a female relative on anxiety level of primiparous women and midwives' points of view regarding this intervention in Iran hospital, Iranshahr. Materials and methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted in 210 primiparous women attending Iranshahr hospital, 2010. The subjects were aged between 18-35 years old, at 37 weeks gestational age who were carrying a single fetus and cervical dilatation (> 3 cm) with no indication for elective caesarean section. They were randomly assigned into experimental (n=105) and control groups (n=105). Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory was used to record the anxiety score in admission time and in 6-8 cm dilation of cervix. All subjects received similar midwifery helps, however, women in experimental group were accompanied by a female relative until one hour after birth and the mothers in the control group received routine care. Midwives' points of view were also recorded regarding the intervention. To analyze the data independent t-test, paired t-test, and x 2 test were used. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups regarding demographic features, gestational age, fetal weight and state anxiety score. Mothers' anxiety score on 6-8 cm dilation was significantly lower in intervention group (43.9%) while this score was 51.4% in control group (P<0.05). The anxiety score increased significantly in control group during labor (51.4%) compared with that in admission time (44.6%), (P<0.05). But no significant difference was found in the state anxiety score during labor and admission time among experimental group (44.5% and 43.9%, respectively). Midwives' rate of satisfaction with the intervention was 81.9%, disturbance made by companions in delivery room was 14.3%, and interfering with physician orders was 23.8%. Conclusion: Psychosocial support by female companion is a low cost and useful way to decrease anxiety of primiparous mother during labor. This intervention also increases satisfaction of midwives.
Advanced biomedical research, 2012
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite which causes vaginitis in women worldwide. Metronid... more Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite which causes vaginitis in women worldwide. Metronidazole with vast side effects is drug of choice for this infection. In search for an alternative drug, in this study the effect of three plants on Trichomonas vaginalis has been investigated in vitro. Alcoholic and watery extracts of Echinophora platyloba, Stachys lavandulifolia, and Eucalyptus camaldulensis were prepared. In TYIS culture medium containing alive Trichomonas vaginalis different concentrations of extracts of three plants were added. Following, 24, 48, and 72 h incubation the number of parasite in each test tube was counted. Eucalyptus camaldulensis showed a strong effect on Trichomonas vaginalis growth. However, no significant effect was observed with Echinophora platyloba or Stachys lavandulifolia extracts. Eucalyptus camaldulensis can be considered as an alternative drug for treatment of infective vaginitis which is caused by bacteria, fungi and parasites.
Journal of Shahrekord …, 2011
Background and aim: Elderly people usually suffer from chronic diseases. Medicinal plants are bei... more Background and aim: Elderly people usually suffer from chronic diseases. Medicinal plants are being used by an increasing number of elderly people without their physician prescription. The aim of this study was to determine the medicinal plants usage in elderly people in Shahrekord. Methods: This research was an analytical-descriptive study, in which 400 elderly people were selected by simple sampling method from population referred to health care center in Shahrekord. The data was collected by questionnaire and analyzed by Chi-square test. Results: The result of this study showed that 74.4% of the samples studied had used the medicinal plants. The most common reasons of medicinal plant usage were common cold, stomach pain, headache, arthralgia and hypertension. The most frequent medicinal plants used were Thymus daenensis, Echium amoenum, Descurainia sophia, Achillea wilhelmsii, and Glycyrrhiza glabra. Our data showed that 91% of the samples believed herbal medicines have been effective in their treatments. No significant relationship was observed between gender, age, education level, job and using the medicinal plants (P>0.05). Conclusion: Regarding to the frequent usage of medicinal plants in elderly people it is necessity to give accurate information about the side effects and possible interactions of medicinal plants to the community. More research is suggested to evaluate the efficacy and possible side effects of medicinal plants in elderly people.
Introduction: The desire of the human to control the gender of fetus prior to conception has alwa... more Introduction: The desire of the human to control the gender of fetus prior to conception has always been important. The aim of this study was to determine the role of maternal diet on fetal gender. Materials and Methods: In this narrative review study, a comprehensive review of databases including Pubmed, Scirus, Cochrane library, ScienceDirect, MD Consult, google scholar, Iranmedex, Magiran, and SID from 1982 to 2013 was performed. Key words to search databases included fetal sex, sex ratio, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, fructose, eating disorders, sex selection, maternal diet, Ionic diet, fatty acid, calorie, and famine. Results: Results of studies on the effects of nutritional deficiencies and disorders on sex ratio were controversial. Studies showed that a combination of environmental factors such as stress, time of conception and maternal diet had effects on sex ratio. Preconceptional nutritional status of mothers was very important in changing sex ratio. Increasing the intake of K + + Na+ / Ca 2 + + Mg2+ in diet and high calorie diet could increase the ratio of male offsprings. Conclusions: Preconceptional diet was important in fetal sex ratio. However, low sample size in most human studies and the complex mechanisms of sex determination make it difficult to conclude definitively on this issue. Further human studies with larger sample size in this field are suggested.
Advances in Nursing & Midwifery, 2018
Background: Grief is a common reaction pf parents to abortion. It may be followed by various psyc... more Background: Grief is a common reaction pf parents to abortion. It may be followed by various psychological complications that affect women's individual-social quality of life. This study aimed to determine the correlation between post-abortion grief and quality of life of women with a history of abortion. Materials and Procedures: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2016. Convenience sampling was applied to select 165 women with a history of abortion from health centers and hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran). A demographic and fertility questionnaire, the Perinatal Bereavement Grief Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation tests were administered to analyze the data. All analyses were performed using SPSS 20. Findings: There was a significant relationship between quality of life and post-abor...
Electronic physician, 2016
Perinatal loss is one of the most stressful life events that parents and caregivers experience. P... more Perinatal loss is one of the most stressful life events that parents and caregivers experience. Providing an empathetic, caring environment to support mothers who experience perinatal loss is necessary. The aim of this study was to assess mothers' perception of the quality of services received from health centers after perinatal loss. This study was conducted in 2014-2015 using qualitative content analysis. Participants in the study were 40 women with a history of miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death who live in Tehran and Shahrekord, Iran. Data were collected from the participants through semi-structured, in-depth interviews, and they were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. One theme and six main categories were developed, and they indicated the mothers' experiences and understandings of the quality of service received after perinatal loss. The major theme was 'dissatisfaction with the quality of care received.' The main categories included: 1) effec...