background: women’s empowerment programs during pregnancy focus primarily on increasing women’s health goals and psychological empowerment has been considered important in most issues related to pregnant mothers’ mental health. using path analysis, this study aims to examine the direct and indirect components of psychological empowerment of pregnant mothers. methods: this model-testing study wa...

: A randomised Controlled trial to assess the role of an individualised introduction labour given after 37 weeks gestation in allaying anxiety prior delivery and birth satisfaction, primi-gravidas After obtaining approval from ethics committee, antenatal mothers, booked for this hospital, who gave written informed consent, were randomized Group (Interventional group) B (comparator group). The A...

Parental self-efficacy (PSE) is a key to the child-parent relationship. It reflects parents’ self-perception of their ability perform parenting tasks successfully and high level parental associated with positive child outcomes. The literature on cultural differences regarding PSE scant. This study applied perspective examined between Arab Jewish mothers regard factors such as marital satisfacti...

The present study evaluated the level of support and satisfaction among parents of stillborn babies in Australian hospitals. One-hundred and eighty-nine mothers and fathers completed an online survey designed by the researcher based on the guidelines designed by the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand. Support was inconsistent with guidelines implemented on average only 55% of the ti...

introduction     domestic violence is one of the most important public health priorities that directly or indirectly impact on pregnancy outcomes. given the importance of sexuality in pregnancy and its effect on marital relations, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between sexual satisfaction and violence against pregnant women. materials and methods    in this cross-sectional stu...

The association between overall life satisfaction (LS) and relationship satisfaction (RS) was investigated longitudinally among mothers (N=67,355), using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Data were collected twice during pregnancy, and at 6 and 36 months postpartum. Satisfaction increased during pregnancy, with R...

BACKGROUND Preoperative anxiety is associated with adverse clinical, behavioral, and psychological outcomes. Various effective interventions targeting preoperative anxiety in children exist. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational intervention by residents on children and maternal anxiety and their satisfaction from anxiety management. PATIENTS AND METHODS After obt...