COHERE Initiative Study

Cyprus Women's Health Research (COHERE) Initiative is a cohort study inc. 7,646 women aged 18-55 living in Northern Cyprus, an emerging region in the Europe.

[Nilufer Rahmioglu @Nilosh]

‘It’s really only the beginning’: are we on the cusp of a breakthrough in #endometriosis ? https://t.co/AYFmilXiS3

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8/8: Many thanks to participants of Cyprus Women’s Health Research Initiative Study @cohere_kisaa and all contributing researchers from University of Oxford @Ox_wrh, @NPEU_Oxford, Eastern Mediterranean University @EMUOFFICIAL and Cyprus Women’s Health Research Society @KISADernek

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1/8: Caesarean-sections are lifesaving. However, unmet need and overuse can bring complications. Our paper on prevalence, trends and associations of #csectionand #breastfeedingfor the 1st time from Northern Cyprus is out @PLOSONE: https://t.co/v7ajNWKf8n @Ox_wrh @EMUOFFICIAL

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7/8: Awareness campaigns and change in legal framework to allow for midwife-led continuity models of birthing care are needed to decrease #csection rates and improve care.

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6/8: Due to fragmented healthcare services, and lack for unified health recording keeping, these statistics didn’t exist before for this population. In light of these figures the extremely high #csection rates is an island-wide issue. @BirthForward

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5/8: Women who gave birth after 2005 were 1.24 (95%CI: 1.06–1.45) times more likely to breastfeed for >12 weeks compared to women who gave birth before 1995. There was no association between #csection and #breastfeeding prevalence or length.

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4/8: Prevalence of ever #breastfeeding remained steady throughout the years at 88.7% and there was no significant association between breastfeeding initiation and the year of pregnancy, or demographic and maternal medical and pregnancy related variables.

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3/8: #csection births overtook vaginal births in 1999. Relative risk is estimated at 2.60 (95%CI: 2.14–2.15) for babies being delivered by #csection after 2005 compared to before 1995.

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2/8: #csection rate in 2017 was found to be 72.5% among 2,836 first pregnancies which was 11.1% in 1981. Closest neighbour, Republic of Cyprus estimate in 2017 among all livebirths was 55.3% (highest in EU) #WHO recommended rate is 10-15%.

[Nilufer Rahmioglu @Nilosh]

1/8: Caesarean-sections are lifesaving. However, unmet need and overuse can bring complications. Our paper on prevalence, trends and associations of #csection and #breastfeeding for the 1st time from Northern Cyprus is out @PLOSONE: https://t.co/HpetTHR9Zj @Ox_wrh @cohere_kisaa

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The Cyprus Women’s Health Research (#COHERE) initiative: normative data from the SF-36v2 questionnaire for reproductive aged women from the Eastern Mediterranean published in Quality of Life Research Journal (https://t.co/S6vH3Crpak): https://t.co/worrQTFpjJ #QoL #WomensHealth

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COHERE Initiative Study Protocol published in @BioMedCentral (https://t.co/I6swannnXY): https://t.co/KUCb8mAxoJ

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Improving health care services in Northern Cyprus: a call for research and action https://t.co/TJpaRUDoon

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You can find some short videos from our work here: https://t.co/fATmLHdZ3i

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@OxfordBusCo Hi, when is the next expected bus at t5 towards Oxford?

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#COHEREInitiative to collect women's health data in Northern Cyprus supported by multiple donations https://t.co/NvoUNJODzp