ABSTRACT
The health of women, as half of the world's population and the foundation of families and societies, has played a significant role in securing and stabilizing of the health of fami- lies and societies. The increasing rate of divorce in Iran caused us to perform this study aimed to explore the challenges of divorced women. This was a qualitative study which was carried out through in-depth semi- structured interviews with 12 divorced women whose divorce decree was issued in the Family Court of Shahrood, Iran, at least one year ago. Participants were selected purposefully and the data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results of the study revealed the 4 following themes of health meaning from divorced women's experiences, causes of divorce, divorced women's problems, and divorced women's expec- tations from the society and authorities. Adverse consequences of divorce on women's health including physical, mental and venereal diseases, and other serious social problems should be considered as the main and most important priority of the country by the authorities. Paying attention to the major and underlying grounds of divorce, also the most important problems of youth of the country, including addiction, superficiality, negligence of basic criteria in marriage, and infidelity, can be helpful in solving the problem of divorce
ABSTRACT
To assess and compare mental health after spontaneous abortion, normal vaginal delivery [NVD] and cesarian section [C/S]. This prospective analytical descriptive study was carried out in university-affiliated teaching hospitals in Tehran city, Iran. The specific questionnaire [PANAS and SCL-90] was applied in this study. The sample population of this study included 48 women during their post abortion period as well as 48 women after NVD and 48 women after C/S. The subjects' mental changes and disorders have been measured. It has been followed by interview and completing the questionnaires at first 24 hours and the weeks of 6th and 12th. The negative emotional change in the first 24 hours showed no significant differences between abortion and delivery [P=0/002] but on the week 6th and 12th after abortion and delivery the AN OVA test showed significant differences between [NVD and C/S] and abortion [P=0/00]. The frequency of mental disorders in the first 24th in the case and control groups were 33.3% and 10.3% respectively and the difference was statistically significant [P=0/00]. The severity of emotional changes after spontaneous abortion was more than NVD and in the C/S was more than the rate in NVD. The statistics reveals that abortion and delivery threaten women's psychological well-being and through the time the intensity of negative mental changes and disorders in all three mentioned groups was decreasing