Measuring unintended pregnancies in postpartum Iranian women: validation of the London measure of unplanned pregnancy

Research suggests a relatively sizable rate of unintended pregnancies in some subgroups of Iranian women, but there is no concise, standard scale to measure the pregnancy intention of Iranian women. Therefore, the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy [LMUP] were investigated. The Persian version of the LMUP was tested on randomly selected married women aged 15-49 years in the city of Ajabshir, East Azerbaijan province, north-west of Islamic Republic of Iran. The scale's face validity and internal consistency was examined and its construct validity was tested by exploratory factor analysis. The internal consistency of the scale was acceptable [Cronbach alpha coefficient 0.87]. Structural indicators of the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure [0.85] and Bartlett test of sphericity [P < 0.001] verified interpretability of the exploratory factor analysis output. Applicability of the Persian version of the LMUP is accepted. Further investigation is needed to understand cultural norms that might influence Iranian women's responses to queries about pregnancy intentions

effect of formal training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] skills on medical students perceived self-sufficiency

Background: experience of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] in real clinical setting is not easily possible for all medical students

Purpose: to assess medical student perceived self-sufficiency on three procedural skill on internship courses after they had taken a training course in clerkship period

Methods: forty three medical students who had attended a workshop on CPR, tracheal intubations and venopuncture answered the questionnaires on their perceived self-sufficiency in performing these procedures after serving a few months as interns

Results: the mean score for perceived self-sufficiency [PSS] was 75.84 [+/-18.63].Thre were a high correlation between the score given for the applicability of training in real life situation and the stress reduction scores on first time performing the procedure

Conclusion: the high degree of correlation between PSS scores and applicability scores, may warrant the consideration of new methods in procedural skills