مجله زنان مامائی و نازائی ایران
سال پانزدهم شماره 16 (هفته دوم شهریور 1391)

Suicide attempts are conscious and purposeful actions which are intended to harm self. The risk factors for suicide attempt are mental disorders، social، psychological، and biological factors. Due to the relationship between hormonal changes and aggressive behavior، considering variables such as menstrual cycle has great importance. Therefore، because of the contradictory results in this field and its predictable results، this study aimed to evaluate the different phases of the menstrual cycle and suicide attempts. This descriptive-analytical study was held on 714 women who were admitted to the toxicology ward due to suicide attempts at Imam Reza hospital in Mashhad، Iran، 2010 -2011. During 12 month study period، data were collected by using a researcher-made questionnaire، clinical interviews with patients، and filling the demographic information form about menstrual cycle. The obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 11 and chi square test. P value less than 0. 05 was considered statistically significant. The number of patients who had committed suicide during the luteal phase was significantly higher than follicular phase. So there was significant correlation between premenstrual syndrome and committing suicide (p=0. 018). Of patients، 91. 6% had taken drugs in order to suicide and Benzodiazepines most commonly were used. Committing suicide was more common in the luteal phase and significantly associated with the occurrence of premenstrual syndrome.

Couples'' relationship and effect of raising women''s awareness on education men has an important role on adopting a contraceptive method. In Health Systems، training is done in different types such as face to face advice or directly by the educational materials and devices. The aim of this study was to comparatively determine the effect of training women with pamphlets and consulting on attitude of men toward vasectomy in health centers in Hamadan. This quasi-experimental study was implemented on 90 women of childbearing age who referred to health centers of Hamadan city. Samples were randomly selected and categorized into two groups of: training with pamphlet (45 person) and consulting (45 persons). The attitude of men toward vasectomy was measured before-and-after training the women. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16، t-test، and chi-square test. P value less than 0. 05 was considered statistically significant. Training pamphlet (p= 0. 002) and counseling (p= 0. 000) changed men''s positive attitude about vasectomy، but no difference was observed between the two type of training with pamphlet or consulting (p>0. 05). Training pamphlet and counseling with women changed men''s positive attitude about vasectomy.

Pelvic organ prolapse is a common disorder among women. More than half of the women، who have given birth، may experience it during their life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between birth weight and prevalence and severity of pelvic organ prolapse. In a cross-sectional study، 365 of women who referred to Health centers in Darre shahr city of Ilam were randomly entered to this study. The data were collected by using questionnaire، recording examination، interview، and observation. Examinations were performed based on Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POPQ). The statistical analysis was performed by SPSS software Version 14 and Chi-square test. Descriptive statistics tests were used to determine the frequencies and Means. P value less than 0. 05 was considered significant. Of all 365 participated women، 19. 2% without prolapse and 80. 8% had different degrees of prolapsed. The most types of prolapse included grade two (56. 8%) and anterior wall (72. 3%). According to Mann-Whitney test، there was a significant relation between pelvic organ prolapses and maximum birth weight of newborns (P= 0. 011). Pelvic organ prolapsed was common and had relation with birth weight of neonates.

Introducion: preeclampsia is the most common complication of pregnancy. Considering high prevalence of preeclampsia، its serious complications، and its high costs of treatment، the aim of this study was evaluation of blood Indexes and micro factors in pregnant women with preeclampsia. This cross-sectional study was implemented on 800 women at 22 Bahamn Hospital of Khozestan from 2006 to 2010. After assessing hospital records during these years، 400 pregnant women with preeclampsia as case group and 400 pregnant women without preeclampsia were randomly selected as control group. Inclusion criteria for the case group consisted of: women who had a blood Pressure ≥140/90، proteinuria≥+1 on the dipstick، and no history of chronic hypertension، diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software version 16، independent t، chi-square، and Kruskal tests. P value less than 0. 05 was considered statistically significant. Two groups in terms of babies'' gender، mothers'' blood group، gestational age، birth weight، platelet and hemoglobin had not statistically different (p<0. 05). But MCH and MCHC in two group had significant different (p<0. 001). The most frequent blood group in women with preeclampsia was group A. Parity is a risk factor for preeclampsia. Preeclampsia women are similar to normal women in many blood factors except for MCH and MCHC.