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To compare self-confidence in woman with and without PCOS according to their ages. This comparative study was conducted on 400 women [100 with and 300 without PCOS] in clinics of Shahid Akbar-Abadi and Firouzgar Hospitals, from July 2012 to February 2013. SPSS-16 used for statistical analysis [SPSS; SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA]. This study showed 98% of PCOS and 93% in non-PCOS groups had average self-confidence with scores of 15-25. None of women in PCOS group and 6.7% of non-PCOS group had high self-confidence [score>25]. There was a significant difference between two groups in term of self-confidence level [p< 0.001]. There was no significant difference in self-confidence between age group 30 in both group, but in PCOS group, self-confidence were significantly higher in both age group under 30 [p<0.0001] and 30 and higher [p<0.0001]. Impaired self-confidence in PCOS groups [under 30 and 30 and higher age groups] in comparison with related value of non-PCOS group shows that mental health status in women with PCOS requires urgent psychological attention and support
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Effect of non-Objective[s]: The role of non-nutritive sucking during gavage as a nutritional intervention is well established in feeding performance and feeding skills in preterm infants. However, conflicting results on the impact of this intervention on weight gain has been reported in the infants
Method: In a double blind clinical trial, 64 preterm infants, who hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit [NICU], were randomized into intervention or control group [32 infants in each group]. Mothers in experimental group provided oral stimulation by pacifier during the first ten minutes of tube feeding, three times a day. Infants in control group received standard routine care. To eliminate the potentially confounding effect of maternal presence, mothers in control group were present during the gavage feeding. Infant weight without clothing was measured daily by a trained person before the morning feeding in two groups and then weigh gain were compared
Results: Despite the same caloric intake by two groups, infants in pacifier sucking group had greater daily weight gain [10.9 vs. 3.2 g, P=0.01]
Conclusion: With regards to positive effect of pacifier sucking, the application of this intervention is recommended for neonates admitted to NICU. nutritive sucking on weight gaining of preterm infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit
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The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of preterm birth [PTB] and premature rapture of membranes [PROM] and their associations with maternal factors. This cross sectional study was carried out at Akbar-Abadi hospital in Tehran during January 2009-Aprile 2010. Four hundred sixty six primiparous women with gestational age more than 20 weeks and singleton pregnancy were enrolled in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS-16. P<0.05 was considered as being significant. maternal age, maternal height, maternal education, pre-pregnancy maternal weight, occupation and smoking during pregnancy were compared between two groups [with or without PTB/PROM]. This study shows the incidence of PTB to be 27.9% and PROM to be 34.7%. None of maternal factors in this study showed significant relation with PTB. Significant relation was found between maternal age and PROM, p<0.001. PROM was related to PTB significantly [p=0.040]. Findings highlighted the importance of maternal age as a cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Since this study showed PROM and PTB to be two common adverse pregnancy outcomes in Iran assembling appropriate services can lead mothers to improved pregnancy outcomes especially among older pregnant women
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Current WHO strategies of daily iron supplementation in the second half of gestational period have not reduced the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women during the last decade, and the reasons could be conceived as women's rejection of iron supplementation due to its side effects. Therefore, the present study was conducted to compare daily and twice-weekly iron supplementation regimen and their effects on the pregnancy outcome and maternal hematologic changes. The present study is a randomized clinical trial and the study population was the pregnant women admitted to four health centers in Sabzevar, Iran. The sample was 88 pregnant women randomly assigned into two groups [43 daily and 45 twice-weekly]. A demographical questionnaire and a study checklist were used for data collection and the obtained data were analyzed using independent t-test, paired t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient and chi-square. The findings revealed that hemoglobin and ferritine changes were similar across the groups. Also, birth weight and gestational age were similar across the two groups and indicated no significant difference. Based on the study findings, the twice-weekly regimen is recommended for iron supplementation because of similar effects, less side effects and its cost-effectiveness in comparison with the daily regimen