background and objectives: chicken pox has potential complications during pregnancy for both the mother and her baby. the aim of this study was to determine the varicella-zoster virus (vzv) immune status in pregnant women in babol and its surrounding neighborhoods. materials and methods: this seroepidemiological study was carried out on 427 pregnant women referred to rohani hospital, babol, no...

introduction: in iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. methods: the study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in fatemiyeh hospital in shahroud, north ea...

to evaluate physical activity of pregnant women before and after acog guideline study. four hundred and eighty-five pregnant women enrolled in this before-after study. they were asked to study acog guideline. a structured questionnaire filled by women at first visit and the last visit in the prenatal clinic.type, frequency, duration and anxiety about doing exercises during pregnancy period. bef...

background and objective: varicella zoster virus (vzv) can cause life-threatening disease in pregnant women. the aim of this study was to identify the vzv immune status in pregnant women and also determine the validity of self-reported history for chickenpox. methods: serologic testing for vzv was performed for 400 pregnant women attending prenatal care at clinics located in two teaching and re...

objective: to evaluate the increased rate of cesarean section in recent decades and natural desire of women probably due to social, economic& cultural issues in our country. while that in many cases, vaginal delivery can be replaced by unnecessary cesarean. in the absence of need the trend of cesarean section has implications for both future healthy populations and the equitable distribution of...

AIM Congenital malformations and macrosomia in infants of women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) still occur, even if diabetic control is considered 'good' (i.e. HbA1c below the nonpregnant upper reference value of 6.3%). We, therefore, measured HbA1c in healthy, pregnant women to determine whether the upper reference value for pregnant women should be lower than the nonpregnant value. MET...

BACKGROUND The reference intervals for hemoglobin A1c (Hb A1c) in pregnant women without diabetes are not well defined, and few examples of reference intervals established by networks of different laboratories are available. METHODS Five Italian Diabetic Care Units were involved in the study. Data were collected from 445 pregnant women without diabetes, selected on the basis of glucose challe...

background : as prenatal screening for sexually transmitted infections and treatment of infected pregnant women is not routinely performed in iran and prevalence of two sexually transmitted pathogens, chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasma genitalium , in sabzevar (east of iran) is unknown, we decided to perform this prospective study. methods : one hundred ninety-six urine specimens of pregnant ...

background:infection of mothers with rubella virusduring pregnancy can be serious; if the mother is infected within the first 20 weeks of pregnancy she is likely to have miscarriage, stillbirth, or baby with congenital rubella syndrome. this study was carried out to define rubella virusseroprevalence in pregnancy in osogbo, nigeria. methods:this study is a cross-sectional sero-survey of rubella...

the prenatal period is the best time for health interventions. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different methods of anticipatory guidance presentation on the change of knowledge and attitude of pregnant women regarding oral healthcare in the mother, infant and toddler.in this quasi-experimental study, 90 pregnant women attended one health center in zahedan, iran; they were ...