BACKGROUND The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a developing country with poor obstetric indicators. Despite ongoing efforts to improve care, women continue to suffer multiple complications of child birth including vesico-vaginal fistulae (VVF). OBJECTIVE To describe socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of VVF patients in Northern DRC. METHODS Women presenting at two VVF mobi...

background: controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (coh) in conjunction with intrauterine inseminations (iui) are commonly used to treat infertile couples. in this study we evaluated the relationship between iui outcome and special causes of infertility. we also aimed to examine parameters that might predict success following iui. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, we included 9...

background: this study has been conducted in order to determine burnout and related demographic variables in the staffs of tehran province welfare organization during 2010. methods: cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study designed and 189 subjects were recruited through random sampling. data collection was carried out using maslach burnout questionnaire and a demographic questionnaire. indep...

PURPOSE We evaluated the self-reported prevalence of and attitudes toward premature ejaculation (PE) in a community-based study of married couples. MATERIALS AND METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study of PE was conducted among married couples in Gwangju, Korea. Self-reported data were collected through the use of questionnaires, which included demographic questions, the Premature Eja...

BACKGROUND In order to inform prevention programming, we analyzed HIV discordance and concordance within couples in the Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) 2007. METHODS KAIS was a nationally representative population-based sero-survey that examined demographic and behavioral indicators and serologic testing for HIV, HSV-2, syphilis, and CD4 cell counts in 15,853 consenting adults aged 15-64 y...

In recent years, central research on relationships has focused mostly on the quality of relationships. It has been postulated that married and dating couples tend to rate the quality of their relationship differently. The present study aims to explore this statement in addition to examining the role of gender in couple satisfaction and consensus. A total of 160 participants that were made up of...