Leyla Amini; Arash Akaberi; Homa Sadeghi; Narjes Bahri
Volume 18, Issue 2 , July and August 2011, , Pages 118-124
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Background and Purpose: Induction is one of the most common interventions in midwifery which is conducted for many clinical purposes. One of the main challenges of the induction is the prediction of its success because its failure has a major role in increasing the rate of cesarean section. Therefore، ...
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Background and Purpose: Induction is one of the most common interventions in midwifery which is conducted for many clinical purposes. One of the main challenges of the induction is the prediction of its success because its failure has a major role in increasing the rate of cesarean section. Therefore، the present study was conducted to investigate the role of maternal age، parity، gestational age، birth weight and cervical status in predicting the success of induction.
Methods and Materials: This cohort study involved the population of pregnant women admitted to Mobini Maternity Hospital in Sabzevar، Iran in 2006. A sample of 175 pregnant healthy women was selected by non-probability convenient sampling. For data collection، a checklist and a questionnaire were used for recording the personal details، midwifery history and labor details. For data analysis، they were analyzed in SPSS 15 using chi-square، mantel henzel and logistic regression tests (p
HR BEHNAM VASHANI; H SADEGHI
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July and August 2007, , Pages 77-82
Abstract
Backgrounds and Purpose: Curren WHO strategies of dally Iron Supplementation In the second half of gestational period have not. Reduced the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women during the last decade, and the reasons could be conceived as women's rejection of iron supplementation due to its side effects. ...
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Backgrounds and Purpose: Curren WHO strategies of dally Iron Supplementation In the second half of gestational period have not. Reduced the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women during the last decade, and the reasons could be conceived as women's rejection of iron supplementation due to its side effects. Therefore, the present study was conducted to compare daily and twice-weekly iron supplementation regimen and their effects on the pregnancy outcome and maternal hematologic changes.
Methods and Materials: The present study is a randomized clinical trial and the study population was the pregnant women admitted to four health centers in Sabzevar, Iran. The sample was 88 pregnant women randomly assigned into two groups (43 daily and 45 twice-weekly).A demographical questionnaire and a study checklist were used for data collection and the obtained data were analyzed using independent Hest, paired Hest, Pearson correlation coefficient and chi-square.
Results: The findings revealed that hemoglobin and ferritine changes were similar across the groups. Also, birth weight and gestational age were similar across the two groups and indicated no significant difference.
Conclusion: Based on the study findings, the twice-weekly regimen is recommended for iron supplementation because of similar effects, less side effects and its cost-effectiveness in comparison with the daily regimen.