Statistical Data About Risk Factors and Pregnancy Outcome of Placenta Previa

Placenta previa is a placental location close to or over the internal cervical os. The aim of this study was to evaluate: risk factors, maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with placenta previa. Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 38 women who have had a caesarean section for placenta previa at a tertiary referral University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology “Koço Gliozheni” in Tirana, Albania. The period of this study was from January 2015 to March 2018. Maternal and neonatal data were obtained from medical records and the hospital database system. All cases of placenta previa were managed by medical team, obstetric consultants and all data were calculated with SPSS.20 program. Results: In total, 38 women with placenta previa were classified in three different types of placenta previa: Marginal placenta previa occurred in 16 women(42.1%), Complete placenta previa occurred in 19 women(50%) and with accreta placenta previa in 3 women(7.9%). The mean age of mothers was 30,61 years old, mode = 35, median = 30 and Std. deviation = 4.641 years. Conclusions: The prevalence rate of section caesarean and placenta previa is increased during the years. Several obstetrical factors have been found to be risk for placenta previa including: advancing maternal age, previous caesarean delivery, previous abortions, previous uterine surgery, multiparity, previous placenta previa, low socio-economic status, mother’s cigarette smoking /alcohol use. Placenta previa is associated with an increase in preterm birth and neonatal and maternal outcome. Other complications of pregnancy can be associated with placenta previa, but the majority of women deliver healthy babies

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Voluntary Blood Donation in Shkodra City

Blood is a liquid mass that is produced from the bone marrow and it circulates in our body. The only source for donation is by a human. In Shkodra City, the main donation is the family donation and about 400 units are provided by voluntary donation organized by the Albanian Red Cross, Shkodra Branch. These voluntarily donated units go mainly for people suffering with thalassemia. This study is a cross-sectional, transversal, punctual, and descriptive study. It was developed from January – March 2018 in Shkodra region among volunteer blood donors. The people who have been offered as volunteers of blood donation during this period (about one hundred people) have previously completed a standardized closed questionnaire. This questionnaire was self-reported with their permission. All the collected data was analyzed by SPSS version 20 Program

The Situation of Violence in the High Schools of Shkodra City.

Any behavior or attitude that harms the physical, emotional, and sexual well-being of one or more persons and affects the termination of the individual's normal development is considered as violence. Violence at school includes behaviors such as: victimization of a child and teachers, raping of a child and / or a teacher, physical and psychological harassment, cyber threatening, controversies, bullism, physical and psychological harm, teachers and students sexual violence, using of weapons in school environments. The main violence forms at school are: teachers to students, students to teachers, students to students. This is a punctual, transversal, cross-sectional study. 100 students at high school of Shkodra city participated in this study. The sample selection was randomized. Students of 14-18 years old; 63 females and 37 males were included in the study. The timeframe of the study was January – February  2018. The information was gathered from face to face interviews using standatized questionnaires: Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2003, Core-Expanded Questions for the Violence and Unintentional Injury Module Violence (adapted). The information collected by the questionnaires was confident, self-report  and with permission of school. All data were calculated with Microsoft Office 2010