Maternal satisfaction about prenatal and postnatal cares in vaginal and cesarean section delivery at teaching and non- teaching hospitals of Tabriz/ Iran

The main goal of care services is provide and promote mankind's health. Patient satisfaction is recognized as an important parameter for assessing the quality of patient care services. Spatially mothers' satisfaction from delivery is very important because it influence on family and society psychological health. The aim of this study was comparing maternal satisfaction about prenatal and postnatal cares in vaginal and cesarean section delivery at teaching and non- teaching hospitals of Tabriz/ Iran. This is a descriptive-comparative study. We selected 454 women who had been hospitalized for delivery in Alzahra, Talegani [teaching] and 29 Bahman [non- teaching] Tabriz/Iran hospitals. For data collection, we used a questionnaire. Spss/ver13, Descriptive statistic, Independent t test, ANOVA and correlation tests were used for data analysis. Findings indicated the highest level of satisfaction in both kind of hospitals was about physical and the lowest one was about informational aspect in women who had vaginal delivery, accordingly these rates about cesarean section was about physical and about informational and emotional aspects in labor. The analysis of data showed significant difference between mothers' satisfaction with all aspects of care in the teaching and non- teaching hospitals [P < 0.001]. The results showed that the highest rank from mothers' satisfaction was in the physical and the lowest rank was in informational category. Mothers were satisfied from vaginal delivery in all aspects. Rate of satisfaction in non- teaching were more than teaching hospitals

Fetal and neonatal outcomes of the magnesium sulfate and nefidipine in suppression of preterm labor

Preterm Labor occurs in 11.8% of all pregnancies and is the most etiology of Neonatal morbidity without Anomalies and after intra-partum congenital Anomalies is the second etiology of Neonatal mortality that has high economic and psychiatric cost. Premature infants have Neurotic complications and they are week about physical growth, practical cognitive and lesson tasks. One of usage drugs in prevention of preterm labor is Nefidipin. This research is a Double blind RCT. All of pregnant mothers with 26-34 weeks with signs of preterm labor have come to Alzahra and Talegani hospitals were research population. Research samples were 80 pregnant women that have eligibility criteria and treated with Sulphate mg and Nefidipin. Samples allocated randomly in 2 groups by use of rand list software and block of 3 and 6. In group A were used Sulphate mg 4 g first and then 2g/h for 48 h and group B were used Nefidipin 20 mg first and 20 mg /half h after. Success of treatment was measured by Partograph and checklist. Data was analyzed by statistic tests and spss ver. 13. Neonatal complications such as 1 min Apgar and 5 min Apgar score, Sao2 and ABG in 2 groups, that treatment could not prevent contractions, have not significantly different. But there were significant different about Fetal complications such as bit to bit variation, decrease of fetal movement and dropt of base line of FHR [p

Comparing mothers' satisfaction from ethical dimension of care provided in labor, delivery, and postpartum phases in Tabriz's educational and noneducational hospitals in 2009

It is believed that one of the most important criteria of health care's /quality is care satisfaction. It seems mothers' satisfaction concerning childbirth care process would be a determinant factor in family and community mental health. The aim of this study is to compare others'satisfaction of ethical dimension of care provided in labor, delivery and postpartum phases. This is a descriptive-comparative study which was conducted on 270 women's labor in educational [Alzahra, Talegani] and non-educational [29-Bahman] hospitals in Tabriz, Iran. To gather the data, we used a mothers' satisfaction questionnaire which measures their satisfaction about maternal cares during the hospitalization period. Using descriptive and analytic statistics, we analyzed the data via SPSS software. In the educational hospitals, the respondents' satisfaction during labor, delivery, and postpartum phases were 52.5%, 73.5%, and 73.0%, and in the noneducational hospital it were 67.1%, 80.0%, and 81.4%, respectively. Data analysis also showed the significant differences between educational and non-educational hospitals [P<0.001]. Besides, the mothers' satisfactions from ethical dimension of the care provided in labor phase was low, both in the hospital types. It indicates to apply appropriate activities for improving the ethical supports during the phase that may be achieved by the health care teams' members.

Prevalence and risk factors of trichomoniasis among women in Tabriz

We investigated frequency of trichomoniasis among non-pregnant women in health centers of Tabriz, Iran. 1000 non-pregnant women aged 15-49 in health centers of Tabriz, Iran were examined by wet smears and Diamond culture methods for Trichomonas vaginalis, during the period of March to September 2005. Among 1000 specimens 92 cases were revealed to be positive for Trichomonas vaginalis by culture method and 31 cases by wet smear method. There was no significant difference in the isolation rate of trichomoniasis in women according to age, occupation, husband education level, abortion, parity, menstrual status and contraception use. The difference in the isolation rate of trichomoniasis in women with marriage age of more than 18 years [10.9%] and in women with marriage age of less than 18 years [8%] was statistically significant, Infection rates in different education levels did not show statistically significant difference. Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the important diseases with a high prevalence in women in Tabriz. Eradication of this disease is possible with extensive public health education and administration of specific therapeutic agents to the infected patients