Ausgabe 1/2016
Inhalt (75 Artikel)
Erratum to: Does South Korea have hidden female smokers: discrepancies in smoking rates between self-reports and urinary cotinine level
Myung Bae Park, Chun-Bae Kim, Eun Woo Nam, Kyeong Soo Hong
A scoping review on determinants of unmet need for family planning among women of reproductive age in low and middle income countries
Joseph K. Wulifan, Stephan Brenner, Albrecht Jahn, Manuela De Allegri
Chronic intermittent abdominal pain in young woman with intestinal malrotation, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome and appendiceal neuroendocrine tumor: a rare case report and literature review
Alessia Cusimano, Ahmed Mohammed Alaaeldien Beniamin Abdelghany, Andrea Donadini
Determinants of unmet need for family planning among women in Urban Cameroon: a cross sectional survey in the Biyem-Assi Health District, Yaoundé
Atem Bethel Ajong, Philip Nana Njotang, Martin Ndinakie Yakum, Marie José Essi, Felix Essiben, Filbert Eko Eko, Bruno Kenfack, Enow Robinson Mbu
Patient and disease characteristics associated with late tumour stage at presentation of cervical cancer in northwestern Tanzania
Ramadhani Mlange, Dismas Matovelo, Peter Rambau, Benson Kidenya
Contraceptive use, knowledge, attitude, perceptions and sexual behavior among female University students in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
Henry Nsubuga, Juliet N. Sekandi, Hassard Sempeera, Fredrick E. Makumbi
Anemia among indigenous women in Brazil: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition
Maria Carolina Borges, Romina Buffarini, Ricardo V. Santos, Andrey M. Cardoso, James R. Welch, Luiza Garnelo, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Bernardo L. Horta
Mammographic breast density in infertile and parous women
Meggiorini Maria Letizia, Vestri Anna Rita, De Stefano Maria Grazia, Cipolla Valentina, Bellati Filippo, Maffucci Diana, Nusiner Maria Paola, Aragona Cesare, De Felice Carlo
BMC Women’s Health reviewer acknowledgement 2015
Nawsheen Boodhun
Uterine fibroid characteristics and sonographic pattern among Ghanaian females undergoing pelvic ultrasound scan: a study at 3-major centres
Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Benard Ohene Botwe, Eric K. Ofori
Experience of intimate partner violence among young pregnant women in urban slums of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: a qualitative study
Keshab Deuba, Anustha Mainali, Helle M. Alvesson, Deepak K. Karki
Married women’s decision making power on family planning use and associated factors in Mizan-Aman, South Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Abeba Daniel Belay, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Manay Kifle Woldegebriel, Yalemzewod Assefa Gelaw
A qualitative study exploring midlife women’s stages of change from domestic violence towards freedom
June Keeling, Debbie Smith, Colleen Fisher
Perceived exercise barriers are reduced and benefits are improved with lifestyle modification in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomised controlled trial
Rebecca L. Thomson, Jonathan D. Buckley, Grant D. Brinkworth
Use of reproductive health care services among urban migrant women in Bangladesh
Mohammad Mainul Islam, Anita J. Gagnon
Determinants of intimate partner violence during pregnancy among married women in Abay Chomen district, Western Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study
Bedilu Abebe Abate, Bitiya Admassu Wossen, Tizta Tilahun Degfie
Woman focused smoking cessation programming: a qualitative study
Nadia Minian, Jessica Penner, Sabrina Voci, Peter Selby
Three-dimensional ultrasonography and power Doppler for discrimination between benign and malignant endometrium in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding
Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Akmal El-Mazny, Wafaa Ramadan, Dina Hatem, Aly Abdel-Hafiz, Mohamed Hammam, Adel Nada
Biological factors that place women at risk for HIV: evidence from a large-scale clinical trial in Durban
Nathlee Samantha Abbai, Handan Wand, Gita Ramjee
A descriptive study of female suicide deaths from 2005 to 2011 in Van city, Turkey
Yavuz Hekimoglu, Ipek Esen Melez, Nergis Canturk, Z. Zerrin Erkol, Mustafa Gokhan Dizdar, Gurol Canturk, Deniz Oguzhan Melez, Ziya Kir
Recto-vaginal septum cystadenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Sophie Warembourg, Mélanie Cayrac, Gauthier Rathat, Arash Rafii
Protocol for the psychotherapeutic group intervention for facilitating posttraumatic growth in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients
Catarina Ramos, Isabel Leal, Richard G. Tedeschi
Effect of complete decongestive therapy and home program on health- related quality of life in post mastectomy lymphedema patients
Ganeswara Rao Melam, Syamala Buragadda, Adel A. Alhusaini, Nisha Arora
Rotating shift work and menstrual characteristics in a cohort of Chinese nurses
Yizi Wang, Fang Gu, Mingfen Deng, Lan Guo, Ciyong Lu, Canquan Zhou, Shouzhen Chen, Yanwen Xu
Recurrence of cervical intraepithelial lesions after thermo-coagulation in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Nigerian women
Emmanuel A. Oga, Jessica P. Brown, Clayton Brown, Eileen Dareng, Victor Adekanmbi, Michael Odutola, Olayinka Olaniyan, Richard Offiong, Kayode Obende, Ayodele Stephen Adewole, Achara Peter, Patrick Dakum, Clement Adebamowo
Effect of Women’s autonomy on maternal health service utilization in Nepal: a cross sectional study
Ramesh Adhikari
Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
Adam Gyedu, Francis Abantanga, Godfred Boakye, Shailvi Gupta, Easmon Otupiri, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Adam Kushner, Barclay Stewart
A community-based cross-sectional study for relationship of frequency of vegetables intake and osteoporosis in a Chinese postmenopausal women sample
Najia Liu, Fangfang Zeng, Keqin Zhang, Zihui Tang
Cervical cancer prevention and treatment research in Africa: a systematic review from a public health perspective
Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Catherine Wexler, May Maloba, Natabhona Mabachi, Florence Ndikum-Moffor, Elizabeth Bukusi
Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and associated factors among pregnant women in Erer district, Somali region, Ethiopia
Nebiyu Maseresha, Kifle Woldemichael, Lamessa Dube
Covert contraceptive use among women attending a reproductive health clinic in a municipality in Ghana
F. Baiden, G. P. Mensah, N. O. Akoto, T. Delvaux, P. C. Appiah
Does menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), exercise or a combination of both, improve pain and function in post-menopausal women with greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)? A randomised controlled trial
Charlotte Ganderton, Adam Semciw, Jill Cook, Tania Pizzari
Levels and correlates of physical activity, inactivity and body mass index among Saudi women working in office jobs in Riyadh city
Nada M. Albawardi, Hoda Jradi, Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa
Changes in work behavior during pregnancy in rural Anhui, China from 2001–03 to 2009: a population based cross-sectional study
Subas Neupane, Bright I. Nwaru, Zhuochun Wu, Elina Hemminki
Contraceptive method choice among women in slum and non-slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya
Rhoune Ochako, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Jerry Okal, Ian Askew, Marleen Temmerman
Beliefs underlying Women’s intentions to consume alcohol
Helen M. Haydon, Patricia L. Obst, Ioni Lewis
Prenatal care and childbirth assistance in Amazonian women before and after the Pacific Highway Construction (2003–2011): a cross-sectional study
Andréia S. Guimarães, Saulo A. S. Mantovani, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Antonio C. Martins, José Alcântara Filgueira-Júnior, Ana Paula Santos, Athos Muniz Braña, Fernando Luís Cunha Castelo Branco, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Breno Matos Delfino, Alanderson A. Ramalho, Cristieli S. M. Oliveira, Thiago S. Araújo, Carlos Hermogenes Manrique de Lara Estrada, Nancy Arróspide, Pascoal T. Muniz, Cláudia T. Codeço, Mônica da Silva-Nunes
The conduct of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Oyam District, Uganda: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Caroline Agaro, Jolly Beyeza-Kashesya, Peter Waiswa, Juliet N. Sekandi, Suzan Tusiime, Ronald Anguzu, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho
Family planning use and associated factors among pastoralist community of afar region, eastern Ethiopia
Mussie Alemayehu, Hailemariam Lemma, Kidan Abrha, Yohannes Adama, Girmatsion Fisseha, Henock Yebyo, Ejigu Gebeye, Kassahun Negash, Jemal Yousuf, Tigist Fantu, Tesfay Gebregzabher, Araya Abrha Medhanyie
Development and psychometric testing of a new instrument to measure factors influencing women’s breast cancer prevention behaviors (ASSISTS)
Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Fereshteh Majlessi, Ali Montazeri, Tahereh Pashaei, Ali Gholami, Koen Ponnet
Factors related to HPV vaccine uptake and 3-dose completion among women in a low vaccination region of the USA: an observational study
Andrew R. Wilson, Mia Hashibe, Julia Bodson, Lisa H. Gren, Brooke A. Taylor, Jessica Greenwood, Brian R. Jackson, Rosemary She, Marlene J. Egger, Deanna Kepka
Prevalence and associated factors of circumcision among daughters of reproductive aged women in the Hababo Guduru District, Western Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Mulugeta Gajaa, Negash Wakgari, Yigzaw Kebede, Lemma Derseh
Barriers and facilitators for clinical trial participation among diverse Asian patients with breast cancer: a qualitative study
Guek Eng Lee, Mandy Ow, Desiree Lie, Rebecca Dent
Italian law on medically assisted reproduction: do women’s autonomy and health matter?
Irene Riezzo, Margherita Neri, Stefania Bello, Cristoforo Pomara, Emanuela Turillazzi
The reporting and diagnosis of uterine fibroids in the UK: an observational study
Elisa Martín-Merino, Mari-Ann Wallander, Susan Andersson, Montse Soriano-Gabarró, Luis Alberto García Rodríguez
Genetic testing and personalized ovarian cancer screening: a survey of public attitudes
Susanne F. Meisel, Belinda Rahman, Lucy Side, Lindsay Fraser, Sue Gessler, Anne Lanceley, Jane Wardle
Gender at the intersection with race and class in the schooling and wellbeing of immigrant-origin students
Mahsa Bakhshaei, Rita Isabel Henderson
“It is challenging… oh, nobody likes it!”: a qualitative study exploring Mozambican adolescents and young adults’ experiences with contraception
Rehana Capurchande, Gily Coene, Ingrid Schockaert, Manuel Macia, Herman Meulemans
Self-administered multi-level pregnancy tests in simplified follow-up of medical abortion in Tunisia
Rasha Dabash, Tara Shochet, Selma Hajri, Héla Chelli, Anne-Emmanuele Hassairi, Douha Haleb, Hayet Labassi, Ezzedine Sfar, Fatma Temimi, Leah Koenig, Beverly Winikoff
The association between subjective assessment of menstrual bleeding and measures of iron deficiency anemia in premenopausal African-American women: a cross-sectional study
Lia A Bernardi, Marissa S Ghant, Carolina Andrade, Hannah Recht, Erica E Marsh
Determination of knowledge levels, attitude and behaviors of female university students concerning cervical cancer, human papiloma virus and its vaccine
Selda Yörük, Ayla Açıkgöz, Gül Ergör
Factors influencing place of delivery for pastoralist women in Kenya: a qualitative study
Tanya Caulfield, Pamela Onyo, Abbey Byrne, John Nduba, Josephat Nyagero, Alison Morgan, Michelle Kermode
Erratum to: development and psychometric testing of a new instrument to measure factors influencing women’s breast cancer prevention behaviors (ASSISTS)
Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Fereshteh Majlessi, Ali Montazeri, Tahereh Pashaei, Ali Gholami, Koen Ponnet
Patterns of cervical cytological abnormalities according to the Human Development Index in the northeast region of Brazil
José De Ribamar Pinho-França, Maria Bethânia Da Costa Chein, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
Exploring “psychic transparency” during pregnancy: a mixed-methods approach
Cécile Oriol, Sylvie Tordjman, Jacques Dayan, Patrice Poulain, Ouriel Rosenblum, Bruno Falissard, Asha Dindoyal, Florian Naudet
Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy among pregnant woman attending ANC at Gelemso General Hospital, Oromiya Region, East Ethiopia: a facility based cross-sectional study
Faiza Mohammed, Abdulbasit Musa, Abdella Amano
A dyadic approach to understanding the impact of breast cancer on relationships between partners during early survivorship
Sharon Keesing, Lorna Rosenwax, Beverley McNamara
Socio-economic and demographic factors influencing nutritional status among early childbearing young mothers in Bangladesh
Ashraful Islam, Nurul Islam, Premananda Bharati, Saw Aik, Golam Hossain
Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to compare bone-loading exercises with risedronate for preventing bone loss in osteopenic postmenopausal women
Laura D. Bilek, Nancy L. Waltman, Joan M. Lappe, Kevin A. Kupzyk, Lynn R. Mack, Diane M. Cullen, Kris Berg, Meghan Langel, Melissa Meisinger, Ashlee Portelli-Trinidad, Molly Lang
Analysis of the diagnostic value of CD138 for chronic endometritis, the risk factors for the pathogenesis of chronic endometritis and the effect of chronic endometritis on pregnancy: a cohort study
Yu-qing Chen, Rui-li Fang, Yuan-na Luo, Can-qiao Luo
Correlation of body mass index levels with menarche in adolescent girls in Shaanxi, China: a cross sectional study
Zhenjie Wang, Shaonong Dang, Yuan Xing, Qiang Li, Hong Yan
Epidemiology and outcome of cervical cancer in national institute of Morocco
Sanaa Elmajjaoui, Nabil Ismaili, Hanane El Kacemi, Tayeb Kebdani, Hassan Sifat, Noureddine Benjaafar
The effect of brisk walking on postural stability, bone mineral density, body weight and composition in women over 50 years with a sedentary occupation: a randomized controlled trial
Aleš Gába, Roman Cuberek, Zdeněk Svoboda, František Chmelík, Jana Pelclová, Michal Lehnert, Karel Frömel
Endometriosis and its global research architecture: an in-depth density-equalizing mapping analysis
Dörthe Brüggmann, Alexandra Elizabeth-Martinez, Doris Klingelhöfer, David Quarcoo, Jenny M. Jaque, David A. Groneberg
Tailoring communications to the evolving needs of patients throughout the cancer care trajectory: a qualitative exploration with breast cancer patients
Eun-Jung Shim, Jee Eun Park, Myungsun Yi, Dooyoung Jung, Kwang-Min Lee, Bong-Jin Hahm
Physical activity and the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus amongst pregnant women living in Soweto: a study protocol
Tasneem Khan, Shelley Macaulay, Shane A. Norris, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Estelle D. Watson
Utilization of contraception among sexually active HIV positive women attending art clinic in University of Gondar Hospital: a hospital based cross-sectional study
Mulugeta Dile Worke, Lealem Meseret Bezabih, Mulat Adefris Woldetasdik
Triple negative breast cancer in North of Morocco: clinicopathologic and prognostic features
Touria Derkaoui, Joaira Bakkach, Mohamed Mansouri, Ali Loudiyi, Mohamed Fihri, Fatima Zahra Alaoui, Amina Barakat, Bouchra El Yemlahi, Hassan Bihri, Naima Ghailani Nourouti, Mohcine Bennani Mechita
Antenatal psychosocial risk status and Australian women’s use of primary care and specialist mental health services in the year after birth: a prospective study
Virginia Schmied, Rachel Langdon, Stephen Matthey, Lynn Kemp, Marie-Paule Austin, Maree Johnson
Rare case of complete colon structure in a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary in menopausal woman: a case report
Eun Young Ki, Dong Gyu Jang, Dong Jun Jeong, Chang Jin Kim, Sung Jong Lee
Exploratory study into the awareness of heart diseases among Emirati women (UAE) and their health seeking behaviour- a qualitative study
Sarah Khan, Ayesha Khoory, Dhabia Al Zaffin, Meera Al Suwaidi
Retrospective observation on contribution and limitations of screening for breast cancer with mammography in Korea: detection rate of breast cancer and incidence rate of interval cancer of the breast
Kunsei Lee, Hyeongsu Kim, Jung Hyun Lee, Hyoseon Jeong, Soon Ae Shin, Taehwa Han, Young Lan Seo, Youngbum Yoo, Sang Eun Nam, Jong Heon Park, Yoo Mi Park
Assessing the feasibility of a web-based domestic violence intervention using chronic disease frameworks: reducing the burden of ‘treatment’ and promoting capacity for action in women abused by a partner
Laura Tarzia, Carl May, Kelsey Hegarty
Menstrual pattern among adolescent girls of Pokhara Valley: a cross sectional study
Sudha Sharma, Sajana Deuja, C. G. Saha
Vision-related quality of life and psychological status in Chinese women with Sjogren’s syndrome dry eye: a case-control study
Yuqiu Zhang, Tong Lin, Alice Jiang, Naiqing Zhao, Lan Gong