background: our aim was to detect the rate of toxoplasma gondii infections and the coinfections in childbearing age women in turkey accompanying using seroprevalence data from a multicenter hospital setting. methods: overal, 17751 childbearing age women through 16-45 years were included to the study between 2004 and 2010. the clinical samples of the patients were collected from 16 hospitals and...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the toxoplasma antibodies in pregnant women in zanjan, by elisa method. methods: blood samples were taken from 500 pregnant women referred to the health centers of zanjan city, north west iran, igm and igg titers were primarily evaluated. the collected data were analyzed with spss 11.5 using chi-square test. results: anti toxoplasma igm and igg...

results a statistically significant change was reported in the severity of depression in pregnant women with sleep disorders in the intervention group in comparison to the control group at weeks 29 (p < 0.000) and 33 (p < 0.00). conclusions sleep health behavioral education improves depression in pregnant women who are experiencing insomnia. findings from this study add support to the reported ...

background pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. objectives in this study, the effect of aromatherapy using lavender (lavandula) essential oil on cesarean postoperative pain was assessed. materials and methods in a triple bli...

background prematurity is an issue related to increasing the neonatal morbidity and mortality and smoking pregnant women cause the risk of low birth weight and prematurity increase, compared to non-smoking ones. results of all 205 women, 43 (20.97%) women exposed to shs during pregnancy and 162 (79.02%) women did not. in shs exposure group, 11 infant (25.6%) and in non- shs exposure group, 17 i...

back ground anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and other adverse outcomes materials and methods a prospective study was conducted on 1405 iranian pregnant women who delivered during 2015. blood was collected from all the subjects to measure the hemoglobin (hb) during 16-19 weeks, 22-24 weeks, and 34-3...

ba ck g r oun d  & aim: childbirth related fear (crf) causes pregnant women  to select cesarean section (cs) without a medical reason. the purpose of this study was to determine reasons for delivery related fear and associated factors in pregnant women. methods & materials: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 315 pregnant wom- en who were in the last trimester. participants we...

conclusions a significant number of pregnant mothers had average knowledge that indicating necessity of interventional programs by health system, particularly for pregnant mothers with lower education level. background breastfeeding is accepted as the most desirable method of infant nurturing. objectives this study aimed to investigate pregnant mothers’ knowledge about breastfeeding as well as ...