Our objective was to test the hypothesis that nulliparous women with a history of miscarriage have an increased risk of depression during late pregnancy, and at 1, 6, and 12 months postpartum compared to women without a history of miscarriage. We conducted secondary analysis of a longitudinal cohort study, the First Baby Study, and compared 448 pregnant women with a history of miscarriage to 2,...

This study was carried out to assess whether psychiatric morbidity after a miscarriage is higher than that associated with early pregnancy. A total of 60 consecutive women admitted to a Swansea hospital with a miscarriage were compared with 62 consecutive women who attended an antenatal clinic at the same hospital, using the 28-item general health questionnaire and the hospital anxiety and depr...

Manual vacuum aspiration is employed for the evacuation of retained products conception or incomplete abortion. A five-year review manual was conducted at University Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital from January 2012 to 2017. The aim this study evaluate prevalence, indicators and complications associated with Hospital. data collected book. revealed that 1453 patient had Gynaecological Surgeries,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the missed appointment rate and evaluate the factors related to appointment adherence in adolescent patients, based on the patients' characters and services provided. MATERIAL AND METHOD All medical records in adolescent clinic at Siriraj Hospital between 2004 and 2009 were reviewed Patients that visited the clinic at least twice with the follow-up visit order were recr...

INTRODUCTION The present study aimed to assess the demographic, socioeconomic, medical and lifestyle factors associated with the progression of a threatened miscarriage to a complete miscarriage in the first trimester. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted on 157 women who presented with vaginal bleeding in the fifth to tenth week of gestation. Cox regression analysis was used to d...

Abstract Miscarriage is the most common type of pregnancy loss, occurring in up to 15% of clinically recognized pregnancies. Our understanding of the etiology is still limited but is believed to be multifactorial, including endocrine and anatomical abnormalities, immunologic, genetic and lifestyle factors. The aim of this study was to explore whether genetic variability in miscarriage is under ...

Pregnancy has different meanings to different women depending upon their circumstances. A number of qualitative studies have described the experience of miscarriage by women who had desired to carry their pregnancy to full term. The aim of this meta-analysis was to identify a scale of psychological reaction to miscarriage. Meta-analysis is a quantitative approach for reviewing articles from sci...

BACKGROUND Approximately half of recurrent miscarriages have unexplained etiology. Recent evidences suggest that cytokines are important determinants in pregnancy maintenance and as such, cytokine gene polymorphisms, which can affect cytokine production and/or functionality, could play a role in the disorder. Thus, we aimed to investigate the association of selected cytokine gene polymorphisms ...

Aims: To investigate women’s perceptions of miscarriage and its complications. Study Design: A qualitative design was used with data collected through semistructured interviews. Place and Duration of Study: Gynaecology ward of the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, during February and March 2012. Methodology: Sample: We included 30 patients (aged between 18 and 39) admitted to ...

BACKGROUND Dehydroepinadrosterone (DHEA) supplementation improves pregnancy chances in women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), by possibly reducing aneuploidy. Since a large majority of spontaneous miscarriages are associated with aneuploidy, one can speculate that DHEA supplementation may also reduce miscarriage rates. METHODS We retroactively compared, utilizing two independent statist...