Mohaddeseh Shahidi; Zahra Komeili; Hasan Naemi; Roya Baghani; Ali Hosseinzadeh
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Objectives The death of pregnant mothers endangers the health of children and the foundation of the family. Learning about the factors affecting this important issue helps to adopt strategies to prevent similar cases. The current study aimed at determining the prevalence and risk factors of maternal ...
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Objectives The death of pregnant mothers endangers the health of children and the foundation of the family. Learning about the factors affecting this important issue helps to adopt strategies to prevent similar cases. The current study aimed at determining the prevalence and risk factors of maternal mortality in Sabzevar, Iran, over a period of 10 years (2003-2013).Methods The study population of the current cross sectional, descriptive survey included all pregnant mothers died in Sabzevar from April 2003 to March 2013. Data were collected by referring to the Sabzevar Committee of Maternal Mortality. The medical records were investigated and datasheets were completed for the subjects; then, the data were transferred to SPSS software version 5.11; data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. The significance level was 0.05.Results The frequency of death in the current study was 20 . The Chi-square test showed statistically significant relationship between the cause of death and place of residence in the studied cases (P-value = 0.04). A total of 80% of the cases had no referral form or file in the health centers; also, 60% of the pregnant cases looking for the caesarean section had died. The most common causes of death in the cases were bleeding (30%) and the underlying diseases (30%).Conclusion Factors such as family planning, preventing higher ages pregnancy, educating mothers on the risks and benefits of vaginal delivery and caesarean, and increasing health literacy play important role in reducing the maternal mortality.
Roya Baghani; Jila Agah; Seyyed Hossein SafiAbadi Tali; Yaser Tabaraee
Volume 21, Issue 6 , January and February 2015, , Pages 1028-1034
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Objective: Entonox which is a common agent for relieving labor pain, is often used intermittently. While, this seems that continuous method has more painless effects and is easier to use. As some challenging debates exist about fetal complications of continuous method, we decided to compare the neonatal ...
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Objective: Entonox which is a common agent for relieving labor pain, is often used intermittently. While, this seems that continuous method has more painless effects and is easier to use. As some challenging debates exist about fetal complications of continuous method, we decided to compare the neonatal effects of Entonoxin in two methods.
Methods: This quasi experimental study was carried out on 100 women admitted for vaginal delivery in Mobini Hospital, Sabzevar, Iran,2013. Participants were divited into two equal groups. Then, labor progression and fetal conditions were registered and compared in these two groups. Statistical Analysis was performed by spss17 software, t-test and chi square test.p
Roya Baghani; Fariba Keighobadi; Yaser Tabarraee
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 674-680
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Background: Nursing and midwifery profession has been faced with many challenges due to inability to express oneself and justice. Nonetheless, little research has been performed about them. Because of impact of decisiveness on the mental health, this study performed to determine factors that weakened ...
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Background: Nursing and midwifery profession has been faced with many challenges due to inability to express oneself and justice. Nonetheless, little research has been performed about them. Because of impact of decisiveness on the mental health, this study performed to determine factors that weakened or facilitate decisiveness among nursing and midwifery students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among nursing and midwifery students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, in 2013. Data collection tool was a three parts questionnaire containing demography questions, Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and the Spielberger Anger Expression Scale. Data were analyzed in SPSS software version 19.
Results: The results indicated that 20% (n = 17) of midwifery students and 22% (n = 35) of nursing students had high decisiveness. Most of midwifery (60%, n = 50) and nursing (60%, n= 98) located in the category of medium decisiveness. Also, 20% (16 patients) of midwifery and 18% of nursing students (n = 33) had low decisiveness. Factors affecting decisiveness among midwifery students were semester (p = 0.04), interesting to his/her field (p = 0.04), marital status (p = 0.04) and age (p = 0.03). Among nursing students, these factors were semester (p = 0.04), interesting to his/her field (p = 0.03) and age (p = 0.03).
Conclusions: Regard to decisiveness rate among study students and its effect on the mental health and academic performance and career, special attention must be paid to factors affecting decisiveness and reinforcement of them.