TY - JOUR ID - 2267 TI - Investigating Women’s Lifestyle during the Preconception Period in Kalat County, Iran JO - Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health JA - JMRH LA - en SN - AU - Bayrami, Roghieh AU - Taghipour, Ali AU - Ebrahimipoor, Hossein AU - Moradi, Somayeh AD - a) PhD Student in Reproductive Health, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Lecturer, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran AD - a) Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - a) Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b) Department of Health and Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - MSc in Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 128 EP - 135 KW - Healthy Behavior KW - lifestyle KW - Preconception KW - Women DO - 10.22038/jmrh.2014.2267 N2 - Background and Aim: Factors such as weight, diet, cigarette smoking and unprescribed drug use, and also environmental pollutants affect maternal health and the birth of the healthy neonates. The aim of this study was to investigate women's lifestyle during the preconception period in Kalat, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 118 married women, who did not use any contraceptive methods in order to get pregnant, from August to March 2012, in Kalat County, Iran. The subjects were covered by Kalat medical and health centers and were selected using quota sampling method. The data were collected using a questionnaire including demographic characteristics and preconception lifestyle. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and Pearson’s correlation and ANOVA tests. PResults: The mean age of the subjects was 25.2± 6.05 years. The most desirable and undesirable aspects of lifestyle were not using of unprescribed drugs and cigarettes (7.38 ± 0. 9) as well as lack of physical activity (3.06 ± 1.1), respectively. There was a significant correlation between women’s occupation and drug and cigarette use (p <0.049). In addition, there was a negative correlation between the number of live births and physical activity (r=-0.291, P=0.001). More than half of women (53.4%) had no preconception care, and only 33.9% of females who received preconception care had taken folic acid supplements regularly. UR - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_2267.html L1 - https://jmrh.mums.ac.ir/article_2267_8b97130a7d7f4908406439b63831bc94.pdf ER -