Hossein Hasanabadi; Habibollah Esmaili; Mahin Tafazzoli; Eliyeh Abbasi
Volume 15, Issue 2 , July and August 2008, , Pages 104-109
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Background and purpose: Mental health of mothers during pregnancy has considerable effects on fetal growth and consequently on baby's future health. Therefore using various methods to enhance the mental health of mothers will have an important role in minimizing baby's and mother's problems. The present ...
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Background and purpose: Mental health of mothers during pregnancy has considerable effects on fetal growth and consequently on baby's future health. Therefore using various methods to enhance the mental health of mothers will have an important role in minimizing baby's and mother's problems. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of training maternal-fetal attachment on mother's mental health Methods and materials: This interventional study was conducted on 83 pregnant women selected through purposive sampling from among the population of pregnant women admitted to health centers and were divided randomly into case and control groups. Data collection instruments included interview checklist MFAS GHQ- 28. Cases received training on maternal-Fetal attachment behavior but controls received only the routine pregnancy care. Scores of mental health and maternal-Fetal attachment before and after training were compared across the two groups. Chi- squre Fisher's exact test Mann Whitney U and t-test were used for data analysis. Results: The results indicated that differences in the mean score of mental health before training across the two groups were not statistically significant (p=0.51). However the difference came up to be significant after training (p
M TAFAZOLI; L AMIRI FARAAHANI; A MOHAMMADZADEH
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September and October 2007, , Pages 165-171
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Background and Purpose: The umbilical cord is one of the most important sites for bacterial colonization after birth. Different regimens have been used for umbilical neonatal cord care, some of which have established bad effects for neonates and may even delay its separation. This study is conducted ...
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Background and Purpose: The umbilical cord is one of the most important sites for bacterial colonization after birth. Different regimens have been used for umbilical neonatal cord care, some of which have established bad effects for neonates and may even delay its separation. This study is conducted to compare the effect of topical application of breast milk and dry cord care on cord separation time in neonates.
Methods and Materials: In a randomized clinical trial, 150 neonates with 38-42 weeks of gestational age, singleton and without congenital anomaly were randomly selected an assigned into two groups: Mother's milk for group 1, and dry cord care for group 2. All mothers in two groups received an instructed face-toface cord care education within 3 hours of birth. Group 1 applied breast milk to the umbilical stump 3 hours after birth and continued every 12 hours until 2 days after umbilical cord separation. Nothing was applied to the umbilical stump of the dry cord care group. Relevant data were analyzed in SPSS using two-way ANOVA, Chi-Square, Student’s t-test, Fisher’s exact test, Mann-Whitney U test, and General Linear Model.
Results: According to the results, statistical differences were observed in the cord separation time across the two groups; in the breast milk group, the cord separation time (152.42±48.804) was shorter than the corresponding time (175.57±59.57) in the dry cord care group.
Conclusion: The results indicated that topical application of breast milk for umbilical cord care leads to reduced cord separation time.