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OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two analgesics for the management of vaccination pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 90 neonates to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B were assigned to Glucose, Sucrose and control groups at Shahid Mostafa Khomini hospital. 2cc oral Glucose 25% and 2cc oral Sucrose 25% with Syringe were given for 30 sec then 2 min later Hepatitis-B vaccine injected by vaccinator and pain intensity measured by Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) during 1-2 min. The third group (control) no intervention was performed. The collected data were analysed by SPSS18 Software and ANOVA and LSD tests were used. RESULTS: Research results showed that there were no significant differences between groups in term of Apgar score, delivery type, sex, head circumstance, weight and height. By comparison of pain severity in two groups, mean and Standard deviation of pain, group that received Glucose solution had more intensity than Sucrose group (3 ± 1.66 vs. 2.90 ± 1.44), but this difference was not significant statistically (p=0.78). Comparison of pain intensity in control and intervention groups showed that the pain intensity in control group is higher than intervention groups (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Patients who received Glucose or Sucrose had lower pain intensity in comparison with the other. The pain intensity in patients who received sucrose was less than the glucose group, but this difference was not significant statistically.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare self-confidence in woman with and without PCOS according to their ages. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 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). RESULTS: 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 and 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). CONCLUSION: 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.
