Samira Vesali
Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
[ 1 ] - The Correlation of Human Development Index on Fertility and Mortality Rate: a Global Ecological Study
BackgroundSeveral studies have examined the relationship between Human Development Index (HDI) and various health outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between HDI, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.Materials and MethodsIn this ecologic study, data on HDI, total ...
[ 2 ] - Investigation of relationship between social capital and quality of life in female headed families
Background: Although most studies on female-headed families focus on women's access to social support, the associations between social capital and quality of life in these families are unclear in many societies (such as Iran). This study aimed to determine the associations between social capital and quality of life in Iranian female headed families. Methods : This cross-sectional study was ...
[ 3 ] - Satisfaction with Information Provided to Infertile Patients Who Undergo Assisted Reproductive Treatment
a:4:{s:9:"Objective";s:285:"Some potentially modifiable factors, such as appropriate informing process to infertile patients, can affect their infertility knowledge and information. This study aimed to assess infertility information provided to Iranian infertile people undergoing assisted reproductive treatment.";s:19:"MaterialsAndMethods";s:871:"In this cross-sectional study, participants recr...
[ 4 ] - Attitude of Law and Medical Students to Oocyte Donation
a:4:{s:9:"Objective";s:378:"Among the young generation, medical and law students’ attitude towards third party reproduction is very important because they will be directly involved in restricting or developing the programs that will support it in the future. The aim of this survey was to investigate attitude of law and medical students to oocyte donation and key aspects of this kind of third pa...
[ 5 ] - Comparison of In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycle Outcome in Patients with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Modified Poisson Regression Model
Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome is a frequent condition in women of reproductive age with prevalence rate of 5-10%. This study purposed to determine the relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and the outcome of assisted reproductive treatment (ART) cycle in Tehran, Iran. MaterialsAndMethods In this historical cohort study, 996 infertile women were included in the study between Janua...
[ 6 ] - Correlation of The Etiology of Infertility with Life Satisfaction and Mood Disorders in Couples who Undergo Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Background The purpose of our study was to compare common psychological symptoms and life satisfaction in husband and wives according to the infertility diagnosis. MaterialsAndMethods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 248 infertile couples, between November1, 2014, and February 28, 2015 in Iran. We used from three questionnaires. First is the demographic and fertility information ques...
[ 7 ] - Tehran Survey of Potential Risk Factors for Multiple Births
Background The incidence of multiple pregnancies has increasing worldwide and it is related to concern in the health care system. This study was aimed to determine the frequencyof multiple pregnancies, and to identify factors affecting the frequency of the phenomena in Tehran, Iran. MaterialsAndMethods In this cross sectional study, 5170 mothers in labor between July 6 to 21 2015 referred to 10...
[ 8 ] - Sperm Retrieval in Patients with Klinefelter Syndrome: A Skewed Regression Model Analysis
Background The most common chromosomal abnormality due to non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is Klinefelter syndrome (KS) which occurs in 1-1.72 out of 500-1000 male infants. The probability of retrieving sperm as the outcome could be asymmetrically different between patients with and without KS, therefore logistic regression analysis is not a well-qualified test for this type of data. This stud...
[ 9 ] - Evaluation on Hope and Psychological Symptoms in Infertile Couples Undergoing Assisted Reproduction Treatment
Objective To evaluate the hope, depression, anxiety and stress among three groups of infertile couples. MaterialsAndMethods In a cross-sectional study, the study sample consisted of three groups of infertile couples, candidate for oocyte donation (n=60), embryo donation (n=60), and normal infertile (n=60), aged at least 18 years and could read and write in Persian were enrolled at the Royan ins...
[ 10 ] - Identification of Reproductive Education Needs of Infertile Clients Undergoing Assisted Reproduction Treatment Using Assessment of Their Knowledge and Attitude
Objective In order to empower infertile clients and provide high quality patient-centered infertility care, it is necessary to recognize and meetinfertile clients’ educational needs.This study aimed toexamine infertility clients’ knowledge,and subsequently their education needs given their attitudinal approach to infertility education in infertile clientsundergoing assisted reproduction treatme...
[ 11 ] - Psychometric Properties of The Persian Version of The Prenatal Attachment Inventory in Pregnant Iranian Women
Objective In 1993, Muller developed the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI) which has been used widely in many studies and translated into several languages. The current study aimed to translate the PAI into Persian, assess the underlying structure of the PAI, and the appropriateness of the one-factor solution proposed by Muller. MaterialsAndMethods In this cross-sectional study, we recruited a...
[ 12 ] - Development of A Questionnaire to Measure Attitude toward Oocyte Donation
Background To our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (OD). Therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (ATOD-O) to measure attitude toward OD. MaterialsAndMethods This methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. In addition, we performe...
[ 13 ] - O-16: Psychometric Properties of The Persian Version of Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI) in Iranian Pregnant Women
Background Prenatal attachment inventory (PAI) was developed by Muller in 1993, and has been used widely in many studies and translated into several languages. This study aimed to translate PAI into Persian, and assess the underlying structure of the PAI and the appropriateness of the one-factor solution proposed by Muller MaterialsAndMethods In this cross-sectional study, a total of 322 primig...
[ 14 ] - O-17: Development A Questionnaire Measuring Attitude toward Oocyte Donation
Background Since there was not a valid and pervasive questionnaire regarding attitude toward oocyte donation, this study aimed to design and develop a tool to measure attitude toward donated oocyte. MaterialsAndMethods In this methodological research, qualitative research was done on 15 infertile. Also, literature review and search in various data bases were carried out. Validity of this questi...
[ 15 ] - O-18: Framework of Informed Consent and Ethical Codes for Clinical Trials Especially Designed for Assisted Reproduction
Background Clinical trials are known as the most valid medical research. It is able to promote medical evidences on prevention, diagnosis, screening, treatment, and quality of life because in this type of study, an intervention is intentionally performed on subjects. Therefore, it encompasses ethical concerns and considerations, especially when human subjects are studied. In other words, clinic...
[ 16 ] - P-66: There Is No Difference between IVF/ICSI Cycle Outcome in Patients With and without PCOS; A Modified Poisson Regression Model
Background Polycystic ovary syndrome is a frequent condition in women of reproductive age with prevalence rate of 5-10%. This study purposed to determine the relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and the outcome of assisted reproductive treatment (ART) cycle in Tehran, Iran. MaterialsAndMethods In this historical cohort study, 996 infertile women who were referred to Royan Institute (T...
[ 17 ] - Inm-1: Development of Quality Indicators for Infertility Care
Background As assisted reproductive technology is advancing, it should arrange all principles and indexes to improve its quality of functions to provide optimal services to infertile patients. There are few infertility care-specific quality indicators. The indicators were developed by the existing quality dimensions. Safety, effectiveness, and patient centeredness are the most important quality...
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