Women’s experiences of their pregnancy and postpartum body image: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

Women’s experiences of their pregnancy and postpartum body image: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

BACKGROUND Pregnancy-related physical changes can have a significant impact on a woman's body image. There is no synthesis of existing literature to describe the intricacies of women's experiences of their body, and relevant clinical implications. METHODS Four electronic databases were searched in February 2014 using predefined search terms. English-language, qualitative studies published bet...

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta -Analysis

Background Most pregnant women suffer from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) as one of the common discomforts compelling women to increasingly turn to herbal medications for help, including lemon inhalation aromatherapy as investigated in the current systematic review and meta-analysis. We aimed to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on relieving nausea and vomiting during pregnancy....

The association between anemia and postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A meta-synthesis study of literature review and systematic review published in nurse prescribing

  Background :Prescribing represents a new aspect of practice for nurses. To make qualitative results more accessible to clinicians, researchers, and policy makers, individuals are urged to synthesize findings from related studies. Therefore this study aimed to aggregate and interpret existing literature review and systematic studies to obtain new insights on nurse prescription.   Methods : Thi...

Maternal Anemia and Pregnancy outcomes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background  The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Materials and Methods  This systematic review was conducted in domestic (Sid, Iran.doc, Iran medex and Magiran) and international (PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, Springer, Embase, Google scholar) databases from January 1, 1990 t...