OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of water pipe smoking and its associated sociodemographic factors among Iranian women of reproductive age in Tehran. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a population-based cross-sectional study of 1,359 Iranian women aged 15-49 years. The multistage random cluster technique was used to obtain the sample. Questionnaire-based inter...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. In Iran, breast cancer ranks first among cancers diagnosed and the fifth most common cause of death for Iranian women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence rate and trend of breast cancer in Iranian women. Methods: National Incidence from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report from 2003 to 2...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life, irrational parenthood cognitions, and their interrelationship among a group of Iranian women referred to an infertility center in Tehran, the capital of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Women who visited the infertility center in Imam Khomeini University Hospital in Tehran participated in this cross-sectional study. Eac...

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many countries around the world and Iran was no exception. aim of this study to evaluate health anxiety Iranian pregnant women during pandemic. Methods In cross-sectional study, 300 in different trimesters ( n = 100 each trimester) were recruited. A demographic questionnaire Health Anxiety Questionnaire used collect data. Scores < 27, 27...

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the effects of synbiotic food consumption on glycemic status and serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels of Iranian pregnant women. DESIGN This randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial was performed among 52 pregnant women, primigravida, aged 18-35 year old, in their third trimester. After a 2-wk run-in period, subjects we...

background: recto-vaginal colonization of group b streptococcus (gbs) has been known as an important issue in mother and newborn’s health, which is getting frequent in developing countries. screening test have been introduced and utilized in many countries and is recommended by many researchers. however, due to lack of information in prevalence of gbs, especially in iran, there are doubts and c...

INTRODUCTION Pre-eclampsia is part of a spectrum of conditions known as the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. It is claimed that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia or eclampsia are at increased risk of kidney disease and hypertension later in life. We investigated whether Iranian women with a history of pre-eclampsia had higher rates of hypertension and microalbuminuria compared with women wi...

background and objectives : mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum are important opportunistic pathogens that cause urogenital infections and accelerated newborn delivery in pregnant women. moreover genital mycoplasmas have been implicated in different neonatal diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. this study was conducted to find out the prevalence and transmission rate of ...

background: group  b  streptococcus   (gbs)  is  one  of  the  most  important  cause  of  morbidity  and  mortality  among  newborns  especially  in  developing  countries.  it  has  been  shown  that  the  screening  approach  rather  than  the  identification  of  maternal  clinical  risk  factors  for  early-onset  neonatal  gbs  disease  is  more  effective  in  preventing  early-onset  gb...