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  Background and objective : Postpartum is a critical and stressful period accompanying by fatigue, mood changes and sleep disorders. The purpose of this study was to describe sleep during the second and sixth week of postpartum in the women with cesarean and those with vaginal delivery.

  Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 96 women in the second and sixth week of postpartum period (48 after cesarean and 48 after vaginal delivery).­ The instruments were demographic data sheet and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale .

  Results: The Results show that the subjects are correlated with each other on the basis of both parents’ and neonates’ demographic characteristics.­­Variables such as subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, actual sleep time , sleep efficiency , sleep disturbance , and daily disfunctioning indicator are significantly different in two groups.­ ­The mean of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index for vaginal delivery is higher than that ­ of cesarean, which can be a good reason for better sleep quality of the women with vaginal delivery.

  Conclusion: Mothers with Cesarean have lower sleep quality than those with ­normal delivery therefore, they should be educated to select normal delivery and intervened for improving sleep quality in postpartum period.

 

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Background and Objective: Back pain is one of the most common and most costly occupational injuries‌. Due to the nature of nursing career, low- back pain is highly prevalent in nurses. The aim of this study was to survey the prevalence of low-back pain and its correlation with nurses’ demographic characteristics and occupational factors in hospitals of Isfahan, Iran.
Material and Methods: This descriptive- co relational study was conducted on 244 out of 260 nurses selected via stratified random sampling‌. Using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Functional Disability Questionnaire (ODQ), the Pain and functional disability variables were measured, respectively.‌ To analyze the data, we used independent t-test and correlation coefficient-(p<0.05).
Results: The findings showed that 55% of the nurses have different intensity of low back pain (LBP). ‌The LBP and monthly working hours (r=0.55), LBP and functional disability (r=0.53), LBP and age(r =0.30), and LBP and record of services (0.29) were significantly correlated, But it was not the case‌ for‌ LBP and gender.
Conclusion: Based on the findings that about 55% of the nurses suffer from low- back pain, ‌it seems that ‌a comprehensive change in life style and physical activity pattern of the nurses are paramount importance.