Background: Prenatal and postnatal depression (PND) is associated with adverse outcomes for mother, fetus, and child. The aim of study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors of prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms.
Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional and hospital-based survey of 2305 pregnant women and post-partum women (18-48 years) that was registered in the Babol Pregnancy Mental Health Registry (BPMHR) database from June 2020 to March 2021.
Purpose: Nifedipine is a calcium channel blocker with smooth muscle relaxing properties. This study set out to investigate the efficacy of nifedipine administered orally before embryo transfer (ET) on the improvement of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome. This randomized, double-blind, comparator-controlled, was carried out between 2019 and 2020 in the infertility center of Babol, Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Psychological distress (PD) is a significant issue during pregnancy and postpartum, adversely affecting both children and mothers. This study aims to determine PD's prevalence and risk factors in a large Iranian population sample during pregnancy and postpartum.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Babol Pregnancy Mental Health Registry (located in the north of Iran) between June 2020 and March 2021.