Browsing College of Health Sciences by Subject "Pregnancy"
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Enhancing nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity among rural pregnant women in Malawi: a randomized controlled trial.
( BMC , 2021 , Article)In many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Malawi, antenatal care (ANC) services do not deliver sufficient nutrition awareness to improve adequate dietary intake in pregnancy. We therefore compared the effects of ... -
Evaluation of the Universal Screening Strategy in Qatar for the Management of Pregnant Women Carrying Group B Streptococci
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2008 , Article)Group B Streptococcus infection (GBS) has emerged as a serious disease, infecting 18,000 people in the United States annually including life-threatening illness in about 8,000 newly-born infants. To evaluate the efficiency ... -
Human and economic resources for empowerment and pregnancy-related mental health in the Arab Middle East: a systematic review
( Springer-Verlag Wien , 2019 , Article Review)This systematic review synthesizes research on the influence of human and economic resources for women's empowerment on their pre- and postnatal mental health, understudied in the Arab world. We include articles using ... -
The impact of dietary diversity and seasonality in food availability on the quantile distribution of birth size among pregnant women in rural Malawi – a cross-sectional study
( BMC , 2022 , Article)Background: Dietary diversity scores can be used as a proxy for dietary intakes and for assessment of nutrient adequacy. Studies from low-resource settings have found maternal dietary diversity scores to be associated with ... -
Machine learning techniques for predicting depression and anxiety in pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional regional study
( F1000Research , 2022 , Article)Background : Maternal depression and anxiety are significant public health concerns that play an important role in the health and well-being of mothers and children. The COVID-19 pandemic, the consequential lockdowns and ... -
Study protocol: Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment (MINA) cohort study in Qatar and Lebanon
( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background The Middle East and North Africa region harbors significant proportions of stunting and wasting coupled with surging rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Recent evidence identified nutrition during the ... -
The Impact of Diabetes on Pregnancy in Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2009 , Article)Objectives: To investigate maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies in women with different types of diabetes in Qatar. To identify factors such as age, family history of diabetes and obesity contributing to the ... -
The role of α2-adrenergic receptors in hypertensive preeclampsia: A hypothesis
( Wiley Blackwell , 2019 , Article Review)Preeclampsia, a major disorder of human pregnancy, manifests as persistent hypertension and proteinuria presenting after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Multiple systemic symptoms might be associated with preeclampsia including ... -
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in pregnancy: The impact of maternal weight and early glycaemic control on outcomes.
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)To study the pregnancy outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to relate these to maternal risk factors. We conducted a retrospective study of 419 women with T2DM (index group)- who attended our diabetes ... -
Use of dietary supplements among pregnant women in the center of Jordan
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Background: Balanced nutrition during pregnancy is necessary to meet the increasing demands of both maternal physiological changes and fetal growth. The present study aimed to investigate types of dietary supplements used ... -
Validation of three mental health scales among pregnant women in Qatar
( BMC , 2019 , Article)Objectives The objective of this study is to validate three mental health scales in a targeted sample of pregnant Arab women living in Qatar: the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Edinburgh ...