The aim of this prospective study was to determine the relationship between anaemia during pregnancy and postpartum depression. Two hundred eighty-one non-anaemic mothers with singleton and low-risk pregnancy and no history of antidepressant-use were studied. Demographic and reproductive data at week 20 were obtained. Mothers were followed up and haemoglobin (Hb) was checked at delivery. Irania...

BACKGROUND Few studies measure physical activity objectively or at multiple time points during postpartum. We describe physical activity at 3- and 12-months postpartum among a cohort of women using both self-reported and objective measures. METHODS In total, 181 women completed the 3-month postpartum measures, and 204 women completed the 12-month postpartum measures. Participants wore an Acti...

OBJECTIVES This panel study examined the trajectories of depression and social support during the first year postpartum among marriage-based immigrant mothers in Taiwan, and the effect of social support on depression. METHODS This panel study recruited South-Asia immigrant mothers (mean age: 27years) to complete structured questionnaire at 1month, 6month, and 1year postpartum. A total of 203 ...

BACKGROUND Insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD) at different times or by different routes during the postpartum period may increase the risk of complications. METHODS We searched Medline, Lilacs and Cochrane Collaboration databases for articles in any language, between database inception until December 2008, which compared outcomes of postpartum IUD insertion time intervals. Search terms...

BACKGROUND Postpartum depression causes harm to both mothers and infants. The purpose of this study was to find out several potential risk factors, and to identify the intrinsic interrelationships between factors and postpartum depression by constructing a path model. The results of this study may help to control the increasing incidence of maternal postpartum depression. METHODS The study wa...

introduction: electronic education is there to enhance knowledge of patients especially mothers during postpartum and can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction.  so, this study was conducted to define the effect of electronic education on the awareness of women about post partum breast feeding education. materials and methods: this is a quasi- experimental study cond...

background: mothers are potentially susceptible to some complications, postpartum which would affect their wellbeing. so, it is essential to deliver appropriate postpartum care, to improve physical, mental and social wellbeing. the current study was carried out to assess the effect of physical exercise on postpartum maternal physical, mental, social and general wellbeing. methods: this is a sem...

postpartum hemorrhage is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality after delivery. active management of postpartum hemorrhage by an uterotonic drug decreases the rate of postpartum hemorrhage. the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of rectal misoprostol for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. this double blind randomized clinical trial was performed on full term pregnan...

Three decades of research point to both biological and psychological risk factors for postpartum depression, but very little research integrates the two. This study bridged this gap by testing whether prenatal social support predicted depressive symptoms at 8 weeks postpartum in a multiethnic sample of 210 women and whether the stress hormone placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH), me...