Mahnaz Seedoshohadee; Norodin Mohammadi; Mojtaba Rad; Hamid Haghani
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 801-807
Abstract
Introduction: Delirium as a syndrome which is recognized by consciousness disorder and changing in cognition. Delirium patients after by-pass are a common neurological complication, which is a component of the cognitive disorder. A high percentage of these kinds of patients suffer from after surgery. ...
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Introduction: Delirium as a syndrome which is recognized by consciousness disorder and changing in cognition. Delirium patients after by-pass are a common neurological complication, which is a component of the cognitive disorder. A high percentage of these kinds of patients suffer from after surgery. Evaluation of risk factors (blood transfusions and the use of more than one unit CPB) after surgery can be a valuable step in order to highlight the importance of prevention and early detection of delirium. This study aimed to recognize some risk factors related to delirium in patient who had a by- pass operation.
Methods: This study is a cross - sectional. The number of participants was 370 patients who had a by-pass operation were studied by the continuous sampling method. Researcher referred to the selected clinical centers in Tehran to identify related patients to our study and then informed consents were obtained from all patients. Using the Delirium Screening Scale, we analyzed psychological condition of patients until they were discharged from the critical care unit daily. The personal information questioner was completed on the first day of analyzing the psychological condition. Then the gathered data was analyzed by the SPSS 16 statistical package.
Results: Our findings showed that there was no meaningful statistical relationship between the incidences of delirium with risk factors despite its being common among participants.
Conclusions: According to these factors it is not possible to predict incidence of delirium in patients after a by- pass operation. In other words, there is an equal chance of delirium incidences among all patients’ regardless of having or not having these factors; therefore the analyzed factors of this study cannot be used to predict the delirium incidence.
Simin Tavoni; Mina Amiri Pebdani; Hamid Haghghani
Volume 20, Issue 2 , May and June 2013, , Pages 204-212
Abstract
Background and objective: Sexual aspect is one of the most important domains of matrimony satisfaction. Sexual satisfaction has an important role in psychological health of women. Hormonal changes that occur in menopausal period can result in decrease of sexual satisfaction. The aim of this study was ...
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Background and objective: Sexual aspect is one of the most important domains of matrimony satisfaction. Sexual satisfaction has an important role in psychological health of women. Hormonal changes that occur in menopausal period can result in decrease of sexual satisfaction. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) on sexual function in menopausal women.
Materials and methods: In this Triple-blind placebo-controlled trial, 80 healthy female volunteers aged 60 – 50 years, attending 3 health-care centers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), were enrolled. The participants received GBE at a dose of 120–240 mg (n = 40) or placebo (n = 40) daily for 30 days. The instrument of this study was the Sabbatsberg Sexual Rating Scale (SSRS) which the part of it subjectively evaluate sexual satisfaction before and after intervention. The results were analyzed by using, Fisher exact test, independent samples test and Mann-Whitney Test which these had done by SPSS software, version of 16.
Result: After intervention, the sexual satisfaction had no significant difference between the two groups of Ginkgo biloba and placebo (P = 0.31). Also there was no significant difference in the sexual satisfaction compared to the results obtained in the previous years (0.96)
Conclusion: In this study using Ginkgo biloba for a month had no effect on sexual satisfaction of menopausal women. With regarded to many factors can be affected sexual function of menopausal women, no efficacy of Ginkgo biloba on sexual satisfaction can be result of no efficacy of it on factors such as psychological factors.
Farideh Eghdampour; Esmat Mehrabi; Mohsen Taghizadeh; Masomeh Kheyrkhah; Hamid Haghani; Fereshteh Jahdi
Volume 18, Issue 4 , January and February 2012, , Pages 243-249
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Background and Purpose: Aloe vera has long been used as a medication of many diseases but the research approving its analgesic effects are not many. Since the effect of its ointment on episiotomy pain has been investigated، we intended to determine the effect of aloe vera ointment on the pain intensity ...
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Background and Purpose: Aloe vera has long been used as a medication of many diseases but the research approving its analgesic effects are not many. Since the effect of its ointment on episiotomy pain has been investigated، we intended to determine the effect of aloe vera ointment on the pain intensity of episiotomy among primiparous women.
Methods and Materials: This blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 74 primiparous women، having the inclusion criteria، admitted to Lolagar hospital in Tehran، Iran; the participants were continuously assigned into two groups by random allocation: experimental (using the aloe vera ointment) and control (routine medication). The experimental group (37 women) consumed Aloe vera ointment 3cc / 60 mg every 8 hours; and the control group (37 women) consumed the hospital routine care (Povidone Iodine) for five days. Data collection instruments were a demographic questionnaire and VAS scale، for recording the pain intensity before application، 4 and 8 hours and 5 days after application in both groups. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 16 using independent t-test and chi-square. Results: Mean pain score of the experimental and control groups before application of aloe vera ointment were 6.24±1.57 and 6.02±1.77 respectively، which reduced to 1.86±1.45 and 3.97±2.19 respectively five days after intervention; the difference between the two groups was significant (p
Efat Sadat Margan Khoyi; Fatemeh Sheikhan; Fereshteh Jahdi; Hamid Haghani
Volume 16, Issue 3 , September and October 2009, , Pages 127-133
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Background and Purpose: Post-episiotomy pain affects maternal life quality and mental health as well as her care and relationship with the infant. Currently the use of complementary medicine has become common; for instance the use of lavender essence is specifically prevalent in medicine and midwifery ...
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Background and Purpose: Post-episiotomy pain affects maternal life quality and mental health as well as her care and relationship with the infant. Currently the use of complementary medicine has become common; for instance the use of lavender essence is specifically prevalent in medicine and midwifery but findings about this essence are few and contradictory. Therefore the present research was conducted to investigate the effect of lavender essence on post-episiotomy pain in primipara. Methods and Materials: This single-blind clinical trial involved 60 qualified primiparous women admitted for labor in Kamali Hospital in Karaj Iran. They were randomly allocated into two groups: cases (bathing in lavender essence) and controls (receiving the hospital routine). For five days after labor case mothers were given essential oil of lavender (twice a day each time 6 drops in 5 liters of water) and control mothers were given the hospital; routine (Betadine) for bathing in. The study data were collected through demographic data questionnaire analgesic checklist and visual analog scale of pain. The participants’ pain was recorded on the VAS scale 4 hours 12 hours ad 5 days after episiotomy. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 14 using independent t-test and chi-square. Results: The two groups did not show any significant differences as for their demographic data and variables of the study. Mean pain intensity in the lavender and Betadine groups were 2.7±1.7 and 4.23±1.59 respectively which shifted to 2.43±1.94 and 4.60±1.79 respectively five days after surgery; the difference came out to be significant (p