Farideh Akhlaghi; Saeed Ebrahimzadeh; Roya Baghani; Seddigheh Azhari; Javad Salehi Federdi
Volume 17, Issue 4 , January and February 2011, , Pages 248-255
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Background and Purpose: Self-efficacy is a modifiable psychological variable in sustained breastfeeding that is defined as a mother's confidence in her perceived ability for successful and exclusive breastfeeding. Therefore, the present study was conducted in order to compare the effectiveness of “Hands ...
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Background and Purpose: Self-efficacy is a modifiable psychological variable in sustained breastfeeding that is defined as a mother's confidence in her perceived ability for successful and exclusive breastfeeding. Therefore, the present study was conducted in order to compare the effectiveness of “Hands on” and” Hands off” methods on breastfeeding self-efficacy in primiparous mothers. Materials and Methods: In this experimental single-blind study, 124 primiparous women were randomly assigned to one of the three groups. Participants in the experimental group received one of the structured one-on-one educational sessions (i.e., hands-off or hands-on) within the first two hours of giving birth to her child. Mothers in control group received usual postpartum care. Follow-up assessments were conducted one, four, and eight weeks after the birth. Data collection was done through interview forms, examination and observation, checklist of breastfeeding status, breastfeeding self-efficacy and daily-feeding form. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using one-way ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis and correlation coefficient (p
Atefeh Soltanifar; Vahideh Moghadam Hoseini; Farzaneh Jafarnejad; Saeed Ebrahimzadeh
Volume 16, Issue 1 , March and April 2009, , Pages 35-42
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Background and Purpose: Mother–infant attachment has gained momentum in mental health in recent years. Also partner violence against pregnant women is an important health problem all over the world. The present study was designed to determine the relationship between domestic violence intensity in ...
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Background and Purpose: Mother–infant attachment has gained momentum in mental health in recent years. Also partner violence against pregnant women is an important health problem all over the world. The present study was designed to determine the relationship between domestic violence intensity in pregnancy and mother-infant attachment. Methods and Materials: In this deh1ive analytical study 102 pregnant women admitted to healthcare centers in Mashad in 2008 were included through stratified clustered sampling. Information on domestic violence during pregnancy was collected through "Conflict Tactics Scale" and "Mother to Infant Attachment Inventory" 4-5 weeks after delivery. Obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using Spearman correlation coefficient Kruskal Wallis Mann Whitney U and multiple regression. Results: In general 89.2% of women experienced very mild 9.8% experienced mild and 1% moderate levels of domestic experience from their partners. Negative significant relationships were found to exist between verbal (p=0.032 r= - 0/21) and physical violence (p=0.005 r= - 0.27) injuries (p=0.018 r= - 0.23) total score of violence (p=0.002 r= - 0.29) and mother-infant attachment. Also mean scores of psychological (p=0.026 ms=15/9±12/94) and physical (p=0.002 ms=9/1±11/12) violence injuries (p=0.006 ms= 2/5±3/47) and total score of violence (p=0.038 ms= 47/6±33/68) were significantly higher in the group of partners dissatisfied from the pregnancy of their wives. However no significant differences were found between educational levels of men and women and different types of violence. Conclusion: The results indicate the correlation of verbal and physical violence as well as injuries during pregnancy with mother–infant attachment.
Z ESTAJI; L NAJAR; SR MAZLOOM; S EBRHIMZADEH
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September and October 2004, , Pages 46-52
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Muscular injections are one of the most common medical procedures and nurses encounter the experience of pain in their patients and look for ways of reducing pain. This quasi-experimental research was conducted to study the effects of Z-track and air-lock injection methods on the intensity of pain. 585 ...
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Muscular injections are one of the most common medical procedures and nurses encounter the experience of pain in their patients and look for ways of reducing pain. This quasi-experimental research was conducted to study the effects of Z-track and air-lock injection methods on the intensity of pain. 585 women referring to Heshmatiyyah Clinic in Sabzevar, Iran for either of three injections (Penicillin, B-complex, Diclophenac) were randomly assigned into three groups of 195 members; in each group, 65 patients received Ztrack 65 air-lock and the last 65 routine methods of injection in lateral position. Visual scale was utilized for pain assessment. Findings revealed that in Z-track group, intensity of pain was 3.1; while it was 4.1 and 4.5 in air-lock and routine injection groups; the difference was found to be significant by one -way ANOVA. Severe pain was experienced by 4.1% in Ztrack group, 7.7% in air-lock and 14.4% in the routine injection methods; Chi-squre revealed a significant relationship between pain intensity and injection method (P<0.0001). However, no significant relationship was found to exist between intensity of pain and factors such as age, occupation, education, and BMI. Therefore, it is suggested that we make use of Z-track injection for the ease of patients.