Negative Perceptions of Pregnancy Scale: A Scale Development Study.

This study was conducted to develop a measurement tool to determine the perception of pregnancy. The scale was developed in four main stages: the design and development of the items, submitting the draft form to expert opinion, administration of the scale, and performing construct validity and reliability analyses. The study data were collected from 327 women with pregnancies between May 1, 2020, and February 1, 2021.

Perception of traumatic childbirth of women and its relationship with postpartum depression.

Traumatic birth has various effects on women, and postpartum depression is one of them. The present study had two aims: 1) to determine the level of traumatic childbirth perception and postpartum depression in women and the factors affecting them and 2) to reveal the relationship between traumatic childbirth perception and postpartum depression. Five hundred fifty women, recruited between March 2018 and February 2019, completed the following form and scales one month after delivery: the general and obstetric information form, the Perception of Traumatic Childbirth Scale (PTCS), and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).

Local application of hyperthermia in the esophagus with a heatable malleable thermoplastic stent.

Objective: This study measures the effect of hyperthermia applied through a heatable stent in the esophagus in order to investigate whether this procedure offers a therapeutic option for tumor treatment.

Material And Methods: Thermoplastic malleable stents, with the capacity to be heated after implantation, were placed endoscopically in the middle third of the esophagi of 30 pigs. After placement the stents were heated in vivo for 60 min at temperatures ranging from 43 to 52 degrees C.

Fishing line suture: cost-saving alternative for atraumatic intracutaneous skin closure--randomized clinical trial in Rwanda.

Experience with the use of nylon fishing line for surgical sutures has been reported from several African countries. A recent publication suggested that fishing line and an injection needle may provide an atraumatic suture that is especially suitable for intracutaneous skin closures. This article provides further empirical support for such alternative technology.