the aim of this descriptive and analytical type of study was to investigate epidemiological characteristics of post partum blues in pregnant women referring to maternity clinics in hafiz and zeinabieh hospital. the sample consisted of 400 pregnant women in their third trimester who were visited these clinics over the sampling period. the data were collected through two questionnaires; the first...

Treating the marital dyad as the unit of analysis, this study examined the within-couple patterning of 272 dual-earner spouses’ provider role attitudes and their longitudinal associations with marital satisfaction, role overload, and the division of housework. Based on the congruence of husbands’ and wives’ provider role attitudes, couples were classified into one of four types: (a) main-second...

BACKGROUND One of negative and influential factor to chronic diseases is creation of sexual problems in the couple's sexual relationship. Sexual health is one of the most important factor in Sexual and marital satisfaction. OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the relationship between couple burnout, sexual assertiveness, and sexual dysfunctional beliefs in women with diabetic and non-diabeti...

This paper examines women’s power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries determine how it affects health, reproductive outcomes, children’s health and education. The analysis uses a novel measure empowerment is closely linked classical theories power, built from spouses’ often-conflicting reports intrahousehold decision-making. We find, as previous literature, we...

background: mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum microorganisms may play a role in infertility. the aim of this study is to determine prevalence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum microorganisms in infertile women and their husbands. methods: in this cross-sectional study presence of mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum were examined in infertile couples who have...

BACKGROUND Improving utilization of antenatal care is a critical strategy for achieving China's Millennium Development Goal of decreasing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). While overall utilization has increased recently in China, an urban vs. rural disparity in access remains. Here we aim to assess utilization of antenatal care in rural-to-urban migrant women and identify its risk and protec...

Women tend to be less financially literate than men, consistent with a division of labor where husbands manage finances. However, women tend to outlive their husbands. I find that older women acquire financial literacy as they approach widowhood - 80 percent would catch up with their husbands by the expected onset of widowhood. These gains are not attributable to husbands' cognitive decline, as...

OBJECTIVE To analyse trends in maternal nutritional status in Bangladesh over a 12-year period and to examine the associations between nutritional status and socio-economic variables. DESIGN Maternal nutritional status indicators were height, weight and BMI. Socio-economic variables used were region, residency, education and occupation of the mothers and their husbands, house type, and posses...

The purpose of this study was to identify the social and psychological consequences of living with a cognitively impaired spouse among community-dwelling elderly individuals. The study sample consisted of 318 spouse pairs drawn from a representative sample of noninstitutionalized elderly individuals. Our principal findings were that: (a) Cognitive impairment in wives is significantly (p less th...