During a critical period of postnatal age sensory experience has a profound effect on maturation of visual cortical wiring. Electrophysiological evidence is indicating a substantial effect of visual deprivation on the visual cortical response properties. In this study we evaluated effect of light deprivation during a limited time of postnatal age on two aspects of spatial (working and reference...

BACKGROUND Only about one-third of women in Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) obtain postpartum care. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess factors associated with lack of postnatal care, women's reasons for not obtaining postnatal care, and their attitudes towards its importance. METHODS In early 2006, a cross-sectional survey was conducted at three clinics run by the Ministry of Heal...

BACKGROUND Postnatal care is essential to save the life of the mother and newborn. Knowledge on the determinants of postnatal care assists the policy makers to design, justify and implement appropriate interventions. The current study aimed to analyse the factors associated with utilisation of postnatal care services by mothers in Nepal based on the data from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey...

BACKGROUND Postnatal care is an important link in the continuum of care for maternal and child health. However, coverage and quality of postnatal care are poor in low- and middle-income countries. In 2009, the Chinese government set a policy providing free postnatal care services to all mothers and their newborns in China. Our study aimed at exploring coverage, quality of care, reasons for not ...

Background: Prediction of adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes could be possible by using ultrasound Doppler evaluation, however there are some controversies regarding this issue in the literature. The goal of present study was to evaluate predictive value of Doppler indices in single and twin pregnancies during second trimester. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted i...

BACKGROUND Concerns have been raised in Australia and internationally regarding the quality and effectiveness of hospital postnatal care, although Australian women receiving postnatal care in the private maternity sector rate their satisfaction with care more highly than women receiving public maternity care. In Victoria, Australia, two-thirds of women receive their maternity care in the public...

More knowledge is needed on the effect of various models for follow-up of postnatal depression in Norway BACKGROUND Screening for postnatal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), in combination with counselling sessions with a public health nurse (the Edinburgh method), has been introduced at many child health centres in Norway. In this article we provide a summary of...

UNLABELLED In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases. CONCLUSION In this systematic review, observational studies reported consistent positive associations between postnatal weight or head growth and neurocognitive outcomes; however, there w...

Background: This study examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms (depression hereafter) and its association with quality life (QOL) among pregnant postnatal women in China. Methods: In this multi-center, cross-sectional study, 1,060 from eight hospitals were assessed. Depression QOL measured using Edinburgh Postnatal Scale World Health Organization Quality Life Questionnaire - brief versio...