abstract background: with regard to the importance of quality of life in pregnant women, the present study aimed to determine the effect of spouses’ educational classes held for primaparous women referring to hajar hospital on women’s quality of life and pregnancy outcomes. materials and methods: this clinical trial was conducted from september 2011 to june 2012 in the clinic of the hajar unive...

background: the aim of the study was to compare the effects of 'face-to-face education' and 'educational movies' on  'knowledge' and 'practice' of women of child-bearing-age, in terms of health-care during pregnancy and during infancy in a suburban region near tehran city, iran.   methods: in this quasi-experimental study, the sample included 873 married women. questionnaires for knowledge and ...

a bstra ct   background: e-learning can increase knowledge in patients and provide an efficient way to enhance the personnel–patient interaction as well as patient - specific education materials. so, the aim of this study was to compare the effects of two methods, multimedia and illustrated booklet educational method, on primigravida women’s knowledge of prenatal care.     results: before train...

Prenatal stress is reported to increase the risk of nervous, endocrine and metabolism diseases, immune dysfunction. The influence of prenatal stress on immune system is complicated, which include the changes of immune cells, cytokines, immune organs, hematopoietic stem cells. The mechanism accepted is that prenatal stress cause secretion changes of stress hormones like adrenaline and glucocorti...

prenatal Care is a series oF assessments and interventions For pregnant women, to help ensure healthy pregnancies and birth outcomes, and to prevent any potential adverse health outcomes to mothers and their babies. The three basic components of prenatal care have been defined as 1) early and continuing risk assessment, 2) health promotion, and 3) medical and psychosocial intervention and follo...

Background: Prenatal attachment affects maternal and infant health throughout life. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the variables that may affect prenatal attachment. This study was carried out to investigate prenatal attachment, health literacy and ways of coping with stress of turkish pregnant women, in the framework of a structural equity modeling approach. Methods: This study, wh...

OBJECTIVE In 2002, the Institute of Medicine called for the introduction of information technologies in health care settings to improve quality of care. We conducted a review of hospital charts of women who delivered before and after the implementation of an intranet-based computerized prenatal record in an inner-city practice. Our objective was to assess whether the use of this record improved...

OBJECTIVE To date, most investigations of mental health in pregnant women have focused on depression or substance use. This study aimed to (a) delineate the relationships between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prenatal health behaviors and (b) explore whether the symptom clusters of ADHD differentially predict prenatal health behaviors (e.g., physical strain, he...

Background: Understanding the physiological and psycho-social effects of pregnancy through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) will enable health care providers to identify and treat any adverse outcomes, and provide support to women seeking fertility treatments. The aim of this paper was to review studies describing prenatal care in pregnancy through ARTs. Methods: A systematic search o...