Background: The multiple sclerosis (MS) disease is more common in women than men with a ratio of 2.7 to 1. According to Iran MS society, there are about 80,000 MS patients in the country Iran. Having knowledge about MS can reduce significantly the anxiety and stress of pregnant women and promote their life expectancy and the probability of having a successful pregnancy and making pregnancy easier for them.Methods: This is a descriptive– analytical study that has been done on 150 pregnant women which selected randomly and referred to health centers of Ardabil city at 2017. Data collected by a questionnaire included questions about MS. The collected data were analyzed by statistical methods in SPSS version 19.Results: Of all women, 20% considered gender as one of the most effective factors in the disease and 44.7% believed that women are more likely to suffer from MS than men. The knowledge of pregnant women about MS with 63.3% was in moderate level and friends and relatives was the most source of their awareness. 43.3% of women believed that knowledge people with MS could marry. 63.3% of women pointed that the health care centers knowledge about MS was inadequate and 68.7% pointed that government's support for patients was significantly low.Conclusions: Results showed that the awareness of pregnant women about MS was in moderate level. So, planning to increase the awareness of pregnant women in centers and support of women with MS by governmental centers seems necessary.

Introduction: The role of women in the structure of society and family is very important. Unfortunately, due to the lack of proper planning to fill leisure time among people and especially women, overuse of social networks had a huge impact on their daily lives and in addition to the benefits, sometimes it has some problems. Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study has been done on 150 women over 25 years who selected randomly from Ardabil city in the 2018. Required information were collected using a research based questionnaire containing demographic and specialized questions about the rate of using social networks and their reasons. Collected data were analysed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods in SPSS version 21. Results: The mean age of women was 34 ± 9 years. Of all women, 72% were married, 69% had graduated education, 27% were housewives, 44% were employees and 63% had a median income. Of all women, 94.7% were registered as members of social networks. Of them, 66% were registered on telegram. The most common reason for using Telegram, was chat and reading news. The maximum time spent with more than 5 hours for the social network was Telegram. Conclusion: Results showed that, most of the studied women have been used social networks and of them telegram and Instagram are more popular networks among Ardabil's women.

Background: Cosmetic surgery known as prevalent surgeries in the world that annually thousands of people are undergoing cosmetic surgery to change their appearance. Each year more than 200000 cosmetic surgery have been done on patients 18 years and low and about 390000 of them included surgeries such as breast, cosmetic, abdomen and nose. Iran in terms of plastic surgeries performed proportion to total population is located in the first rank of the world. Studies showed that social and mental factors have main role in doing these surgeries. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the reasons and motives women tend to Rhinoplasty in Ardabil city.Methods: This descriptive-cross sectional study has been done on 120 women 15-50 years referred to cosmetic surgery clinics and centers. Samples selected randomly from centers which doing Rhinoplasty and data collected by a research base questionnaire including information about demographic data, causes and motive of women tend to Rhinoplasty.Results: Most of women were in the age group 15-20 (39.1%). 56.7% of women were married and 45% were housekeeper. 15% of women have history of psychological diseases and 58.3% have history of doing surgery in their family.Conclusions: Results showed that self confidence known as important factor in Rhinoplasty. Personality characteristics, social conditions and environmental factors play an important role in women tend to cosmetic surgery. So, we need doing studies in big samples for recognize the dimensions of effective factors in doing Rhinoplasty among women.

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