Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility
Year:2016 | Volume:19 | Issue:29|Papers Count:5

Introduction: Self-efficacy is the main factor for creating the behavior and performance of human. Spiritual intelligence as the foundation of human beliefs makes the impact on performance and better compatibility with problems. Midwives are the primary provider of health care services to patients and their performance greatly determine the quality of health care. Therefore, this study was performed with aim to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence andself-efficacy of clinical performance in midwives.Methods: This correlative study was conducted on 232 midwives working in health centers and maternities in academic hospital of Mashhad University of Medical Science hospitals in 2015. Data was collected by demographic, Badie spiritual intelligence and Cheraghi Self-efficacy of Clinical Performance questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS software (version 16) and Spearman correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney and Chi-square tests.Results: The majority of subjects had strong spiritual intelligence (56.5%) and high self-efficacy of clinical performance (59.5%). The results of Spearman correlation coefficient test showed a significant direct correlation between spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy of clinical performance (P<0.0001, r=0.4).Conclusion: According to the importance of self-efficacy and clinical performance of midwives in providing health care for mothers and newborns and considering the significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy, we can perform a step to improve self-efficacy of midwives through designing the training and retraining programs.

Introduction: Dysmenorrhea is a common disorder in women at reproductive age which needs medical treatments and self-care procedures. There are several instruments to assess dysmenorrhea. One of the most common tools is Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MMDQ). Therefore, this study was performed with aim to assess the validity and reliability of Persian version of modified Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire.Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was performed on 171 young girls and women suffering from dysmenorrhea in Tabriz in 2015. The samples were selected by available method. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 10 experts. Construct validity and reliability of the questionnaire was done using factor analysis and internal consistency with SPSS software (version 21).Conclusion: Modified Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire has acceptable validity and reliability and can be used as an evaluation instrument in investigative studies as well as therapeutic purposes.

Introduction: Preeclampsia is the most common medical complication in pregnancy and one of the three leading causes of maternal mortality. Recently, the relationship between seasonal variation and preeclampsia has been considered. This systematic review was performed with aim to determine the relationship between seasonal variation with preeclampsia and eclampsia to achieve the overall results in Iran.Methods: In this systematic review, data was extracted through searching in national and international electronic databases including: SID, Iranmedex, Magiran, Irandoc, Pubmed, Scopus and Google Scholar using the standard keywords by combining AND, OR. Time limitation was from 1996 to May 2016. After excluding duplicated and irrelevant articles, finally 11 studies which were conducted in different cities of Iran were selected and assessed.Results: The articles review of this study shows a significant relationship between seasonal variation with preeclampsia and eclampsia, and this relationship indicates more prevalence of preeclampsia and eclampsia in cold season (autumn and winter).Conclusion: There is a relationship between preeclampsia and eclampsia with cold seasons. With regard to limited studies in this field, it is recommended to perform numerous homogeneous studies in different geographic regions of the country.