The subject of the study is anxiety-depressive symptoms women in postpartum period. aim to identify interrelationships period and type their attitude pregnancy. author identified differences with different types residence use maternity care. results on relationship anxiety depression pregnancy were obtained. Research methodology: typology psychological component gestational dominant I.V. Dobrya...

• Differentiate the types of diabetes mellitus and their respective risk factors in pregnancy. • Compare insulin requirements during pregnancy, postpartum, and with lactation. • Identify maternal and fetal risks or complications associated with diabetes in pregnancy. • Develop a plan of care for the pregnant woman with pregestational or gestational diabetes. • Explain the effects of thyroid dis...

Some family medicine educators are arguing to eliminate pregnancy care as a required component of family medicine training since the majority of family physicians no longer perform deliveries, and many programs are having increasing difficulties in meeting this training requirement. The primary benefit of pregnancy care training is not to produce family physicians who all perform deliveries but...

background: the new maternal health care program has been designed in order to improve the quality of the current national program. standard protocol along with the methods of physicians' and midwives' intervention clearly defined in this program. this study was carried out to examine the effectiveness of this program in terms of improving child birth, pregnancy indicators and solving related p...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance attributed to good pre-pregnancy care and its potential to improve pregnancy and child health outcomes, relatively little is known about why women invest in pre-pregnancy health and care. We sought to gain insight into why women invested in pre-pregnancy health and care. METHODS We carried out 20 qualitative in-depth interviews with pregnant or recently pregn...

BACKGROUND Pre-gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk for maternal and fetal adverse outcomes. This systematic review was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pre-pregnancy care in improving the rate of congenital malformations and perinatal mortality for women with pre-gestational diabetes mellitus. METHODS We searched the following databases, MEDL...

Maternal mortality remains a challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda. Antenatal Care (ANC) is one of the recommended measures to improve maternal and child health. However, the influence of pregnancy definition and perception on patterns of seeking regular and timely antenatal care among women in the reproductive age group (15-49 years) is not known. The objectives of this study were t...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care is important for pregnant women. By good antenatal care many complications of pregnancy can be prevented and lives can be saved. This study was carried out to find out the reasons of not utilising antenatal care, knowledge about dangerous signs and symptoms of pregnancy, and diet in women receiving and not receiving antenatal care. METHODS This descriptive study was ...

background & aim:  high-risk pregnancies increase the risk of intensive care unit (icu) and neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) admission in mothers and their newborns. in this study, we aimed to identify the association between the recurrence of high-risk pregnancy and mothers’ previous experience of having an infant admitted to nicu. methods:we performed a cohort, retrospective study to compa...