Purpose:
To examine the effect of Benson's relaxation technique on occupational stress in midwives working in a Labor and Delivery (L&D) unit.
Methods:
This pre- and post-quasi-experimental study involved 65 midwives with a minimum 1 year of experience using convenience sampling. After training, the participants performed Benson's relaxation technique twice a day for 4 weeks.
Results:
Occupational stress was measured using standard questionnaires of occupational stress. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software. Statistical analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test, Student's t-test, and Wilcoxon signed rank test.
Conclusion:
This study demonstrated that Benson's relaxation technique may be effective in reducing occupational stress among midwives in L&D units.
BackgroundEvidence shows that mental disorders among adolescents are associated with suicide, drug abuse, acute infectious diseases and low educational performances.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety and their associations with body mass index (BMI) among high school students in Qazvin, Iran in 2013–2014.MethodsA descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study using cluster-sampling method recruited 1,040 students among high schools in Qazvin, Iran from March 2013 to April 2014. Data were collected using questionnaires including demographic, Beck depression inventory and Beck anxiety inventory, and were analyzed with SPSS-19 by descriptive analyses, t-test, Chi-square and Pearson correlation.ResultsThe prevalence of depression and anxiety was 31.8% and 14.9%, respectively and these amounts were significantly higher in girls than in boys (p<0.05). Respondents showed 23.75% and 11.07% mild to moderate symptoms of depression and anxiety, respectively as well as 8.08 and 3.75% severe symptoms of depression and anxiety, respectively. There was a positive and significant association between depression and anxiety (r=0.256, p<0.001) and between depression and body mass index (BMI) (r=0.333, p<0.001), however there was an inverse association between anxiety and BMI (r=0.086, p<0.006).ConclusionThe current study made a significant step forward in assessment of mental disorders and BMI to show the significance of depression and anxiety among adolescents in Qazvin. Therefore, effective interventions are necessary to improve this situation as well as the evaluation of the effectiveness of the interventions.
Background: Pregnancy and childbirth is one of the most important stages in women's lives. One of the reasons for women's desire to choose interest in cesarean delivery is lack of enough knowledge in choosing their birth method. This research studies the effect of group counseling on the type of delivery in Nulliparous women. Methods: This is a controlled randomized trial will be conducted in 160 pregnant nulliparous women referred to Health Center from 95-96 in Hamedan. The inclusion criteria were as follows: Women with gestational age 20-23 weeks. The exclusion criteria were as follows: maternal medical and Psychological diseases. The samples were randomly allocated to group intervention (n=80) and control groups (n=80). In both groups, mothers received routine prenatal care. The intervention group additionally received 8 sessions weekly group counseling. Data was collected by a checklist consisting of demographic, pregnancy, and delivery information and was analyzed by statistical testes such as T-test and chi squares. P<0.05 was considered as significant. Result: A significant difference was also observed between two groups in the rate of normal vaginal delivery (P=0.04). The results indicated that the group counseling significantly increased the physiologic delivery (53.2%) in the intervention group compared by the control group (22/2%) (P=0/002). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the presence of nulliparous women in the group counseling increases the rate of physiologic delivery and is suggested as one of the methods of implementing pregnant women's care program.
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