efficacy of child birth preparation programs on the progress and labour pain

This study comprised 110 pregnant women in labor to evaluate the efficacy of childbirth preparation programs on the progress and labor pain. The women were distributed in two groups on the basis of odd number representing the trial group and the even number representing the comparative group, each group comprised 55 women. All women were observed during the course of labor using the labor chart [partogram]. The results revealed that the severity of delivery pains decreased in the trial group and increased in the second group when entering the hospital and at delivery time. The average pain severity decreased in the trial group, while it increased in the second group according to cervical dilatation

Prevalence of generalized anxeity disorders and its risk factors in a sample of schools and universities students [age 12-21 years]

This study determined the prevalence rate of generalized anxiety disorder [GAD] in a sample of Egyptian schools and university students and the risk factor related to this disorder. A random sample of 1200 students was screened using general health questionnaire [GHQ] and anxiety scale in the first stage, followed by semi-structured clinical interview according to DSM IV criteria to those patients scoring above 7 degrees in GHQ and 56 degrees in anxiety scale. The study revealed that the prevalence of GAD was 2.35% and the most important related risk factors were neurotic traits in childhood [15%], big family size [>5 members in the family] [12.1%] and parental separation or divorce [10%]

relationship between child abuse and later on drug abuse after puberty

This research design was built upon modals of equivalent groups and consisted of two groups: A dependent group consisted of 103 addicted males [age range 18-45 years, not ignorant and fulfilling all diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV for addiction] and a control group consisted of 103 members of the addicted families had no history of psychiatric disorders, free of any substance abuse and had GHQ score less than 4 and had the same educational and social levels. Clinical psychiatric interview, child trauma questionnaire and the general health questionnaire were used. The results indicated that child abuse was much higher in the experimental than the control group, especially its severe form. Physical abuse and addiction were more common in the university graduated group. The main characters of the addicted persons who had abused child were: Ages from 25 to 29 years, heroin addict [40.2%], having intravenous injection [42.7%], 5-9 years duration [32%], smoking [49%], personality disorder, especially antisocial, medical illness, an increase in the psychological suffering and having high score on GHQ

Experential reality: a comparative study between psychiatric patient and healthy individual

In this work, the experimental reality and to what extent it can be believable were studied by comparing an experimental group of mentally disordered patients and healthy individuals as a control group. The general health questionnaire [GHQ.30] was applied on 218 persons [109 in the experimental group and 109 in the control group]. The psychiatric diagnosis was done by semi-structured interview and diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Psychiatric Disorders, Tenth Edition [ICD.10]. The results showed that the prevalence of Estikhara pray is more in the healthy individuals than the psychiatric disordered ones. The Estikhara pray done with a high ratio by patients with adjustment disorders and non-organic sexual disorders and with a low ratio by mood disordered patients

Deperession in rheumatological diseases

In this study, depression was compared in 100 patients with rheumatological disorders and 100 apparently healthy individuals. The general health questionnaire [GHQ] and DSM-IV, Beck Depression Inventory and based semi-structured interview as psychiatric means for evaluation were employed. The results revealed that the patients had statistically insignificant higher depression than the controls. The relationship of these abnormalities to several sociodemographic variables and the type of rheumatological diagnosis was discussed