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<Article>
<Journal>
<PublisherName></PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research</JournalTitle>
<Issn>1735-9066</Issn>
<Volume>14</Volume>
<Issue>2</Issue>
<PubDate>
<Year>2009</Year>
<Month>07</Month>
<Day>25</Day>
</PubDate>
</Journal>
<ArticleTitle>Does cesarean section compromise mother's mental health?</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>90</FirstPage>
<LastPage>90</LastPage>
<AuthorList>
<Author>
<FirstName>Ziba</FirstName>
<LastName>Farajzadegan</LastName>
<Affiliation>MD, Associate Professor of Community Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.. farajzadegan@med.mui.ac.ir</Affiliation>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Mohammad Arash</FirstName>
<LastName>Ramazani</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Parisa</FirstName>
<LastName>Mirmoghtadaee</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Amir</FirstName>
<LastName>Foroughy</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Mahnaz</FirstName>
<LastName>Kelishadi</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Maryam</FirstName>
<LastName>Keypour</LastName>
</Author>
</AuthorList>
<History>
<PubDate>
<Year>2010</Year>
<Month>11</Month>
<Day>13</Day>
</PubDate>
</History>
<Abstract>BACKGROUND: To assess the effect of method of delivery on women's mental health to improve of health status. METHODS: Eleven hundred healthy women who had recently either normal vaginal delivery (NVD) or cesarean section (CS) were studied 6 week after delivery in 2005. The data were collected with using the 36-items short-form (SF-36) questionnaire by interviewing method. SPSS software version 15 was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Of 1100 participants, 7 women were missed due to incomplete data. From the rest, 504 (46%) women had normal vaginal delivery and 589 (54%) of them had cesarean section. The mean of age in mothers were 25.5 and 25.9 years old respectively. Mean and standard deviation of mother's mental health score were 62.8 ± 18.6 and 60.4 ± 19.4 in normal delivery and cesarean section group respectively (t = 2.1; p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: In comparison to mothers with normal vaginal delivery, mothers who had cesarean section had lower mental health status.</Abstract>
</Article>
</ArticleSet>

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