Development and validation of psychosocial determinants measures of physical activity among Iranian adolescent girls.

Background: The present study aimed at assessing the psychometric properties of psychosocial determinants of physical activity-related measures in Iranian adolescent girls.

Methods: Several measures of psychosocial determinants of physical activity were translated from English into Persian using the back-translation technique. These translated measures were administered to 512 ninth and tenth-grade Iranian high school students.

Iron status markers in nonanemic pregnant women with and without iron supplementation.

Objective: To measure levels of markers of anemia before and after delivery in women who had high hemoglobin levels during the early stage of the second trimester of pregnancy and did not receive iron supplementation during their pregnancies.

Methods: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial 244 women who had a hemoglobin concentration of 13.2 g/dL or greater and a serum ferritin level higher than 15 microg/L between the 13th and 18th week of pregnancy took either one 150-mg tablet of ferrous sulfate daily or placebo during their pregnancies.

A home-based, transtheoretical change model designed strength training intervention to increase exercise to prevent osteoporosis in Iranian women aged 40-65 years: a randomized controlled trial.

Physical activity (PA) helps to prevent osteoporosis, but older women are often sedentary. This study used a pre-post randomized controlled design to evaluate a 12-week exercise education intervention program based on the stages of change (SoC) and processes of change from the transtheoretical change model (TTM) to improve adherence with strength and balance training recommendations at levels sufficient to prevent osteoporosis in Iranian women aged 40-65 years. The home-based exercise prescription consisted of strength and balance training that was progressive, individually tailored and included a walking program.

Effect of bacterial vaginosis on premature rupture of membranes and related complications in pregnant women with a gestational age of 37-42 weeks.

Background: The most serious outcome of term, premature rupture of membrane and chorioamnionitis is often associated with adverse maternal and infant outcomes related to infection. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) at 37-42 gestational weeks and its relationship to premature rupture of membranes.

Method: During an analytical descriptive prospective study, 425 pregnant women with a gestational age of 37-42 weeks were studied for prevalence of BV.

Urinary tract infection in the users of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Background: The effects of progesterone on muscle tone, peristalsis of the ureter and also urinary vasculature may cause urinary tract infection (UTI) in women who use depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for contraception.

Methods: In a cohort study, 200 women who chose DMPA for contraception were compared with 200 women who used the withdrawal method for urinary infection and urological symptoms after 3 months of consumption.

Results: The rate of urinary infection and urological symptoms in the study group were higher than in the control group (p = 0.

The efficacy low dose of prednisolone in the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum.

Background: To determine whether low dosages of prednisolone are effective in the treatment of outpatients with hyperemesis gravidarum.

Methods: Eighty pregnant women with gestational ages of 6 to 12 weeks and persistent nausea and vomiting participated. The women were assigned by simple randomization to receive prednisolone 5 mg daily or promethazine 75 mg daily by oral route for 10 days.