Background: Women are susceptible to have obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS), Inappropriate attitudes and behaviors can exacerbate obesity and MS.
Objective: This study aims to determine research trends in the Scopus database regarding behaviors related to obesity and MS in women.
Methods: The study was started collecting some articles from Scopus database using the spesific keywords, then the data was analyzed bibliometrically using VOSviewer 1.6.18 software to visualize the network or the relationship between topics as well as visualize the distribution of the year when the topic was studied.
Results: About 772 articles were analyzed, behaviors related to obesity and MS that have been studied in Scopus database during 2013-2022 period were diet, feeding behavior, drinking behavior and smoking. Then, 2014 was the year when this topic most frequently studied.
Conclusion: Bibliometrically from scopus database, behavior of women that related to obesity and MS are diet, feeding behavior, drinking behavior and smoking.
Background: Expectant mothers will experience physiological and psychological changes during pregnancy, including feeling fear of childbirth. Fear is a psychological condition that can raise catecholamine levels and decrease uterine contractions, slowing down the labor process. Prenatal exercise such as Prenatal Gentle Yoga is developed to increase healthy pregnancy that may reduce fear of childbirth. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Prenatal Gentle Yoga on fear of childbirth in pregnant women.
Methods: This research used a cross-sectional case-control study, conducted from July to August 2018 in Central Java Province. This study involved 130 first-time expectant mothers. A demographic questionnaire and the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire version A were used for data collection. Cross-tabulation and chi-square was used to analyse the demographic information. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to determine the differences in W-DEQ scores between the two groups. This study also used hierarchical multiple linear regression to determine predictors of fear of childbirth.
Results:Three variables significantly impacted fear of childbirth were education level, number of ultrasound examinations, and participation in Prenatal Gentle Yoga classes. Prenatal Gentle Yoga reduced fear of childbirth among participants who attended eight hours or more of classes compared to those who did not (p<.001). Participation in Prenatal Gentle Yoga was the only factor that strongly predicted childbirth fear (R2=.26).
Conclusions: This study concluded that Prenatal Gentle Yoga can decrease childbirth fear. Thus, Prenatal Gentle Yoga is recommended for pregnant women in order to reduce fear of childbirth.
Background: Assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs have proven to be a solution to help infertility couples to conceive. However, most couples face a financial crisis related to the relatively expensive cost of ART treatment. This service aims to educate about ART's meaning, direction, and procedures. Thus, couples want children to be able to understand the ART program at an affordable cost (low-cost) and undergo the ART program without any concerns about costs.
Method: Seminar participants be given socialization in person and online through zoom software by the service provider. It is in two stages, in-person and online, so participants who cannot attend in person can follow this service program. In addition, participants are given a pre-test and post-test questions to assess their understanding of the ART program at an affordable cost.
Result: The pre-test and post-test results were analyzed using Wilcoxon, which showed that after providing education about the ART program, the post-test results were significantly better than the pre-test results. Down value: 5.5%, fixed value: 15.2%, value rise: 79.3% with significance p<0.001.
Conclusion: There are significant differences in the pre-test and post-test scores, which means that the participants understood the explanation the servicer gave.