background & aim: postpartum period is accompanied by significant changes in women’s quality of life. these alterations can affect the health of mothers and children. considering the importance of postnatal quality of life and its different contributing factors, this study aimed to compare women’s quality of life after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. methods:this retrospective cohort stu...

BACKGROUND Antenatal, delivery and postnatal care services are amongst the recommended interventions aimed at preventing maternal and newborn deaths worldwide. West Java is one of the provinces of Java Island in Indonesia with a high proportion of home deliveries, a low attendance of four antenatal services and a low postnatal care uptake. This paper aims to explore community members' perspecti...

BACKGROUND Since the 2009 WHO and UNICEF recommendation that women receive home-based postnatal care within the first three days after birth, a growing number of low-income countries have explored integrating postnatal home visit interventions into their maternal and newborn health strategies. This randomized trial evaluates a pilot program in which community health workers (CHWs) visit or call...

background: women during the postpartum period experience many physiological, psychological, and social changes. quality of life (qol) is a sense of well-being and arises from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with various aspects of life including health, employment, socioeconomic state, psychological-emotional state, and family. moreover, qol is an important criteria for assessing healthcare sy...

Background: Perinatal depression is a widespread and burdensome mental disorder. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence both antenatal postnatal in large sample women Italy analyse their association with sociodemographic socioeconomic factors. Methods: Cross-sectional data from eleven healthcare centres located throughout (2017–2018) analysed (n = 1471). Depressive disorder ...

The mechanisms by which antenatal glucocorticoids facilitate postnatal circulatory function in preterm infants are uncertain but may be related to augmented angiotensinergic functions. To test the hypothesis that the effects of glucocorticoids on postnatal cardiovascular and sympathetic activity are mediated via the renin-angiotensin system, we studied the effects of AT(1) receptor blockade on ...

The choice of optimum tactics of labor management and postnatal period in pregnant women with valvular heart disease is one of the most effective ways of decreasing of maternal and perinatal mortality. We carried out the comparative investigation of the results of labors in pregnant women with mitral heart disease depending on the method of delivery. The obtained results showed that during deli...