conclusions this study showed the superiority of direct method of presentation in changing pregnant women’s knowledge and behavior about oral health care. background during pregnancy, physiological changes occur in body, which resulting results in oral health problems such as caries, tooth mobility, and pregnancy gingivitis. inflammatory mediators might seriously affect the fetus and placenta. ...

background: congenital transmission, prenatal mortality and abortion, are major problems in most countries with high prevalence of toxoplasma gondi infection and study of seroepidemiology of this infection among the pregnant women, could provide applicable approaches to preventive measures. in order to determine the seroepidemiology of toxoplasma infection in the pregnant women, this study was ...

objective: this study was carried out to clarify the potential health-risk and to determinant the prevalence of antenatal rubella infection in north-central, nigeria. materials and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among pregnant women to establish the knowledge, attitude and practices with regards to antenatal rubella infection in early pregnancy in ilorin. a total ...

objective: sleep disorders are common complaints of women during pregnancy. these disorders are the result of physiological, hormonal, physical changes, affecting before, during, and right after pregnancy. this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of pregnant women with sleep disorders in the second trimester. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, data was collected with ...

background: recent studies have shown that physical activity is an effective factor in improving sleep quality. therefore, this study aimed to compare the sleep quality of athlete and non-athlete pregnant women. methods: this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was performed on 300 pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy, referred to prenatal care unit of amiralmomenin hospit...

background: our aim was to detect the rate of toxoplasma gondii infections and the coinfections in childbearing age women in turkey accompanying using seroprevalence data from a multicenter hospital setting. methods: overal, 17751 childbearing age women through 16-45 years were included to the study between 2004 and 2010. the clinical samples of the patients were collected from 16 hospitals and...

background and objectives: trans-placental transmission of parvovirus b19 during pregnancy can causes adverse outcomes. regarding its importance in prenatal care, we decided to study prevalence of parvovirus b19 infection among pregnant woman in ardabil, iran. materials and methods: in a community based study with a cluster sampling, 350 pregnant women that attended in health care centers in ar...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the toxoplasma antibodies in pregnant women in zanjan, by elisa method. methods: blood samples were taken from 500 pregnant women referred to the health centers of zanjan city, north west iran, igm and igg titers were primarily evaluated. the collected data were analyzed with spss 11.5 using chi-square test. results: anti toxoplasma igm and igg...

results a statistically significant change was reported in the severity of depression in pregnant women with sleep disorders in the intervention group in comparison to the control group at weeks 29 (p < 0.000) and 33 (p < 0.00). conclusions sleep health behavioral education improves depression in pregnant women who are experiencing insomnia. findings from this study add support to the reported ...

background pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. objectives in this study, the effect of aromatherapy using lavender (lavandula) essential oil on cesarean postoperative pain was assessed. materials and methods in a triple bli...