Masoumeh Rahimian; Setare Nassiri; Elham Saffarieh
Volume 4, Issue 1 , March and April 2019, , Pages 16-23
Abstract
Background & Objective: Pregnancy is one of the most important stages of a woman’s life. Although this is a pleasant period for most women, it is often considered as a stressful period accompanied by physiological and psychological changes. This study aimed to examine pregnant women’s ...
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Background & Objective: Pregnancy is one of the most important stages of a woman’s life. Although this is a pleasant period for most women, it is often considered as a stressful period accompanied by physiological and psychological changes. This study aimed to examine pregnant women’s attitude towards sexual desire and its relationship with quality of life and rumination in the last trimester of pregnancy.
Materials & Methods: The statistical population of this descriptive correlational study included all pregnant women in the last trimester of pregnancy. A total of 280 women were selected using a random sampling method. Data were collected using the Index of Sexual Desire, Rumination Scale, and Quality of Life Questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS 11.5 using simultaneous regression analysis.
Results: The results showed that rumination was significantly and negatively predicted by sexual desire. Moreover, the subscales of physical functioning, emotional problems, and general health were positively and significantly predicted by sexual desire. However, sexual desire could not significantly predict other subscales of quality of life, namely fatigue or vitality, emotional health, social functioning, pain, and physical health status.
Conclusion: Our finding revealed that, if guided and employed properly, sexual desire during pregnancy can moderate stress.
Babak Hosseinzadeh Zorofchi; Elahe Jahan; Setare Nassiri; Atosa Najmodin; Elham Saffarieh
Volume 3, Issue 2 , May and June 2018, , Pages 73-77
Abstract
Aims: Owing to the effects of anesthesia on pain after hysterectomy as well as different advantages and disadvantages of spinal anesthesia (SA) and general anesthesia (GA), giving priority to one of these techniques over the other still seems controversial. The aim of the present study was to compare ...
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Aims: Owing to the effects of anesthesia on pain after hysterectomy as well as different advantages and disadvantages of spinal anesthesia (SA) and general anesthesia (GA), giving priority to one of these techniques over the other still seems controversial. The aim of the present study was to compare SA with GA in terms of pain intensity, the frequency of nausea and vomiting and morphine requirements after abdominal hysterectomy.
Instruments and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 40 abdominal hysterectomy candidates with American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II presenting to Kowsar Hospital, Semnan, Iran, in 2015. All the patients were briefed on the pain assessment scale the day before the surgery, randomly divided into two groups of GA and SA and underwent abdominal hysterectomy using the same technique. Postoperative pain was then recorded upon admission to post-anesthesia care unit and 6 and 12h later. Furthermore, frequency of nausea and vomiting as well as intravenous morphine requirements was recorded within the first 12h after the surgery. Data were analyzed using independent t-test and Chi-square by SPSS 16 software.
Findings: Postoperative pain was found to be significantly lower upon entering PACU and 6 and 12h later in the SA group compared to that in the GA group, as was the case for the frequency of nausea and vomiting as well as the dose of intramuscular morphine (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Generally, postoperative pain in SA is lower than in GA, although different postoperative complications such as nausea and vomiting are observed.
