Background Occupational stress in midwifery is one of the undesirable factors that can lead to job burnout and even job loss, and affect the quality of treatment and care for patients. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of occupational stress among Iranian midwives. Methods Through searching national and international databases, including Scienti c Information Database (SID), MagIran, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus, a total of 9 observational studies with full texts were extracted. The meta-analysis was conducted using the random effects model, and the I 2 index was used to assess heterogeneity between studies. The analyses were performed using Stata software, version 11. Results An analysis of 11 articles showed that the pooled prevalence of occupational stress in Iranian midwives was 70.85% (95% Con dence Interval [CI]: 58.42-83.29). Also, meta-regression analysis showed that the prevalence of occupational stress was not related to mean age (p = 0.653), work experience (p = 0.863), articles' publication year (p = 0.158), and sample size (p = 0.292). Conclusion Occupational stress among Iranian midwives has a high prevalence that can have harmful consequences for them and patients. Therefore, the training of stress coping strategies seems to be appropriate for this group.
The World Health Organization identifies the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries as infectious and communicable diseases. Health records coded uniformly using ICD-10 can form an accurate database and conclusions drawn from this are extremely important for understanding the public health situation.The aim of this study is to analyse the trend of intestinal infectious diseases recorded at a tertiary care hospital in India.A retrospective disease index study was conducted on data comprising 5317 cases from 2012 to 2016 for intestinal infectious diseases, analysed with ICD-10.Of these, 5.5% were from the age group 0-5 years; 57.66% were male; and 85% deaths in this cohort (62/73) were due to diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin.The findings of this study highlight an urgent need for health education among the population regarding infectious intestinal diseases and to redesign health promotion and preventive strategies for addressing these problems.
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