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Women's Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior about Maternal Risk Factors in Pregnancy.
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- Knowledge, Attitude and Smoking Patterns Among Pregnant Women: A Jordanian Perspective.Annals of global health · 2021Article
- Knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards preeclampsia and its associated factors in South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a multi-center facility-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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- Prevalence of Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Perceptions Regarding Prenatal Care among Pregnant Brazilian Women, 2017 to 2018: A Mixed-Methods Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Self-Reported Oral Health Knowledge and Practices During Pregnancy and Their Social Determinants in Poland.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2020Article
- Knowledge Valuation by Iranian Women with High-Risk Pregnancy: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aims of this study were to assess the levels of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of women about the main maternal risk factors in pregnancy and to identify the factors linked to the main outcomes of interest. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in 513 pregnant women randomly selected from the gynecological ambulatory services of five hospitals located in Naples, Italy.
resultsOnly 42% of women correctly knew all the main maternal risk factors in pregnancy (alcohol, smoking, passive smoking and obesity). Only 21.7% of women were very worried about causing harm to the fetus or child with their risk behaviors, and 22.3% of women reported smoking during pregnancy. Approximately one-third of women (28.9%) reported regularly drinking alcohol before pregnancy and 74.8% of these women reported stopping drinking alcohol during pregnancy. However, only 27.3% of women who were drinking alcohol during pregnancy had the intention of stopping. Only 43.7% of women indicated that during ambulatory gynecological examinations they received information from physicians about the possible damage resulting from all the main risk factors in pregnancy (alcohol, smoking, passive smoking and obesity).
conclusionThe results indicate that pregnant women lack knowledge regarding the main maternal risk factors. Pregnant women claim to receive little information during gynecological examinations and, therefore, some continue to smoke and drink alcohol during pregnancy. Our results suggest an urgent need for the design of interventions to improve women's levels of knowledge and to promote appropriate behavior in relation to the major risk factors in pregnancy.
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