Tahereh Fathi Najafi

• PhD in reproductive health
• Professor (Assistant) at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global emergency. Regardless of the progress in vaccine development, no effective medication has yet been identified for COVID-19. This study aims to evaluate the effects of Shilajit on COVID-19 severity, admission duration, and mortality. Methods This phase 3 parallel-group triple-blind r...

Background and objectives Midwifery education requires the integration of thought and practical knowledge and skills. Therefore, new education methods, including gamification based education, might be able to improve midwifery education. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of gamification in midwifery education. Mat...

Background Maternal mortality is among the main indicators of health in nations. Identifying the causes of maternal mortality is crucial in designing preventive interventions. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the causes of maternal mortality during 8 years. Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on the archived cases of mat...

Background: Several methods have been designed to assess the risk of breast cancer. But according to the studies conducted in Iran, the risk of Iranian women could not be correctly assessed. This study aimed to explore the experts' perspectives on the most important risk factors of breast cancer in Iranian women. Method: The risk factors identified...

Background: Several methods have been designed to assess the risk of breast cancer. But according to studies conducted in Iran, the risk of Iranian women could not be correctly calculated. Objective: This study aimed to explore the experts' perspectives on the most important risk factors of breast cancer in Iranian women. Method: In round one, the...

Background: Therapeutic abortion is a complicated issue in Islamic countries. The new population growth policies in Iran introduced updated indications for therapeutic abortion in recent years. Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the causes of therapeutic abortion in Khorasan Razavi Department of Forensic Medicine from 2012 to 2019....

A method and apparatus for detecting and notifying postpartum hemorrhage

An apparatus for detecting fetial shoulder dysticia

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only has put populations at risk for mental and sexual health risks. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed on published articles reporting female sexual function before and during COVID-19 pandemic in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Magiran and SID databases till August 2021....

Objective: The coronavirus 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic had great psychological impact on COVID-19 patients and their families. Relatives of the deceased COVID-19 patients are at risk for complicated grief. Healthcare providers (HCPs) should be able to identify complicated grief cases. The aim of this study was to assess HCP knowledge regarding compli...

Background: There have been several methods designed to assess the risk of breast cancer. But according to studies conducted in Iran, the risk to Iranian women could not be accurately calculated with current tools. The aim of this study was to obtain consensus regarding potential breast cancer risk factors in Iran. Methods: A long list of risk fact...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) not only has put populations at risk for mental and sexual health risks. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed on published articles reporting female sexual function before and during COVID-19 pandemic in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Magiran and SID databases till August 2021....

Importance: Menopause is a natural AQ5 stage of the reproductive life of a woman. This natural event might affect activities of daily living and cause problems for women. Positive attitudes toward menopause can improve women’s quality of life and reduce the severity of menopausal symptoms. Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to assess...

Background: The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine is on the rise. Objectives: The current study aimed to compare the effect of vaginal royal jelly with intrauterine insemination (IUI) on sub-fertility in men. Methods: The sample size was estimated as 27 subjects, based on a study power and confidence interval of 80% and 95%, resp...

Context: Postpartum depression is a common condition, which is managed by antidepressants. Antidepressants are generally considered to be safe during breastfeeding, and the probability of exposure to antidepressants through breast milk is low to very low. Due to the beliefs of breastfeeding women that antidepressants may have side effects on infant...

Context: Evidence regarding the vertical transmission of COVID-19 from infected pregnant women to the fetus are not sufficient. Methods: The current study intended to systematically assess the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19 in published literature. We systematically searched international bibliographic databases, including PubMed,...

Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has put a great burden on global health and healthcare systems. There is controversy regarding the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19. This proposed systematic review will be done to assess the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19 based on currently published lit...

Non-medical approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have been proposed for the management of tocophobia. A new method of performing CBT is through internet. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of internet-based and traditional CBT on tocophobia. A literature search was conducted on qualitat...

Cancer-related fatigue is one of the main problems in cancer patients. Physicians and cancer patients might seek complementary treatments to improve well- being since it is believed that ginseng has numerous beneficial effects. The main aim of this paper is to assess the effects of ginseng supplements to improve cancer-related fatigue in cancer pat...

Background & aim: Low birth weight is one of the most important reasons for neonatal mortality. Increased rate of low birth weight over the past five years in Kashmar has highlighted the importance of controlling and preventing this condition to reduce its incidence. This study was conducted to measure the frequency of some maternal factors affecti...

Background & aim: A supportive program during normal childbirth with a holistic approach could reduce the cesarean section rate and make childbirth a positive experience. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a supportive care plan for labor using the logic model. Methods: The data generated through a grounded theory study were used to deve...

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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND NOTIFYING POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE

An apparatus for detecting and notifying occurrence of post-partum haemorrhage in female patients is envisaged. Continued tracking of the blood discharged from a female patient's body during labor as well as postnatal operation procedures is provided for, and as soon as the amount of blood discharged from the body of the female patient exceeds a pr...

Background The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has put a great burden on global health and healthcare systems. One of the vulnerable groups to COVID-19 infection and complications is the pregnant women. There is controversy regarding the possibility of vertical transmission of COVID-19 from mother to infant. The aim of this systematic re...

Background & aim: A supportive program during normal childbirth with a holistic approach could reduce the cesarean section rate and make childbirth a positive experience. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a supportive care plan for labor using the logic model. Methods: The data generated through a grounded theory study were used to deve...

Purpose Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with high rate of mortality. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the relation between stressful life events and breast cancer. Methods We searched PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Google scholar databases from their inception until June 2018. The keywor...

Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one of the standardized and accepted methods for the certification of undergraduate midwifery in the world. OSCE is a type of examination often used in health sciences (e.g. midwifery), which is designed to test clinical skill performance and competence in skills such as clinical exa...

1-Transforming of childbirth model care from technocratic to holistic approach 2-Benefit of labor support for mothers and their children 3-Lack of perceived support theory in Iranian social- cultural context

In this paper, a delayed HTLV-I infection model with three compartments is considered. By using Euler discretization method, a delayed discrete system is obtained from the continuous system which has three fixed points. Then, the stability and bifurcation (Neimark-Sacker) of one of them is studied by using stability and bifurcation theory in discre...

Background Despite advantages of normal vaginal delivery (NVD) and disadvantages of caesarean section (C-section) and the increasing C-section rate Iran, appropriate training is essential in reducing this trend. Optimism is one of the important psychological determinants which is a combination of positive desire and attitude in people. Objective T...

International Congress on Biomedicine2017

Background In the past century, maternal support during childbirth has been changed according to the different approaches suggested by various health care paradigms. Objective The aim of this review was to argue the maternity supportive care paradigms of the past century and to closely analyze each paradigm. Methods This is a historical review, i...

Background and aims The process of giving birth is very stressing for the mother. Meanwhile, maternity ward staff’s lack of awareness of mothers’ fears make mothers feel lonely and helpless. This study aimed to explore women’s perceptions of labor support during vaginal delivery. Materials and methods This exploratory qualitative study used qualit...

ntroduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is known as one of the common progressive chronic diseases in recent decades. Four times increased rate of infected women than men and concurrence between disease and reproductive ages may increase the worries in women. Therefore, this study was performed with aim to investigate the changes in menstrual pattern...

Introduction: Anemia is defined by hemoglobin less than 13g/dl for men and less than for non-pregnant women and less than 11g/dl in pregnancy period. Behavioral and emotional instability and depression are also other complications of anemia which can affect on the success of postpartum breastfeeding. This review article was performed with aim to de...

Introduction: Grounded theory has become one of the most important interdisciplinary methods of research because of its attention to social interactions and investigation of hidden processes in social behaviors. This study aimed to explain observation as a tool in grounded theory and to place this data collection method parallel to interviews in te...

Introduction: In order to prevent medical errors, it is important to know why they occur and to identify their causes. Healthcare failure modes and effects analysis (HFMEA) is a type of qualitative descriptive that is used to evaluate the risk. The aim of this study was to assess the risks of using Entonox for labor pain by HFMEA. Methods: A mix...

Background: Hysterectomy is one of the most common gynecological surgeries performed worldwide. However, women undergoing this surgery often experience negative emotional reactions. Objectives: This study was done with the aim of investigating the relationship between hysterectomy and postoperative depression, three months after the procedure. Mate...

Background: Hysterectomy is one of the most common gynecological surgeries performed worldwide. However, women undergoing this surgery often experience negative emotional reactions. Objectives: This study was done with the aim of investigating the relationship between hysterectomy and postoperative depression, three months after the procedure. Mate...

Abstract Introduction: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of the most common gynecologic complications leading absence of work and decline in educational performance. Since the first step for prevention and management of PMS is awareness of its incidence and severity, this study was performed with aim to evaluate the incidence and severity of preme...

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization statement the key to prevent maternal mortality is high quality health care. Assessment the quality of maternal care is the first step to improve the caring practice. This study was aimed to assess the quality of preconception, prenatal and postnatal care by health practitioners, using object...

Air pollution is common in all countries and affects reproductive functions in men and women. It particularly impacts sperm parameters in men. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the impact of air pollution on the quality of sperm. The scientific databases of Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar, Cochrane Library, and Elsevier were searched to i...

Context: Air pollution is common in all countries and affects reproductive functions in men and women. It particularly impacts sperm parameters in men. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the impact of air pollution on the quality of sperm. Evidence Acquisition: The scientific databases of Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar, Cochrane Library,...

Background & aim: Iron deficiency anemia is the most common micronutrient deficiency in the world today. It affects the lives of millions of women and children through contributing to poor cognitive development, increased maternal mortality and decreased work capacity. Because of the important role of Iron in the physical and cognitive health, and...

This review article summarizes in vitro and in vivo experiments on seaweed anticancer activity and seaweed chemical components. Seaweed use in cancer therapy, chemopreventive randomized control trials (RCTs) and quasi-experiments are discussed. The literature reviewed in this article was obtained from various scientific sources and encompasses publ...

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of ginseng supplementation for improving general quality of life and for reducing cancer-related fatigue and sleep disorders in people with cancer. © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Dear Editor, Pain is the commonest complain of human being. If it becomes chronic it affects all the dimensions of life quality. There are many ways to relief pain but some of them have disadvantages that make not well feeling for patients. Currently, people have been attracted to complementary treatments and one of the main ways to cure chronic p...

Introduction: Usage of different types of pain relief during labor is the best method for relief of pain during labor. Spinal analgesia belongs to a long history in midwifery. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of spinal analgesia during stages of labor and delivery. Material and Methods: This study was a randomized clinical trial don...

To compare the success rate of lactobacillus acidophilous suppositories with clotrimazole vaginal suppositories in the treatment of women with vaginal candida infections, who were referred to selected health and treatment centers in Mashhad in 1998, this double blind prospective research was carried out in the virology department of Ghaem hospital...

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women. Approximately one third of all cancers in women is breast cancer which has a high mortality rate and is second only to lung cancer in cancer related deaths in women. Unfortunately, during the past 50 years, the prevalence of breast cancer has been raised probably due to life style changes. Rece...