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Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals
BACKGROUND: To explore women's alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and potential predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy including: demographic characteristics; and women's knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy and its effects on the fetus. METHODS: We con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21781309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-584 |
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author | Peadon, Elizabeth Payne, Janet Henley, Nadine D'Antoine, Heather Bartu, Anne O'Leary, Colleen Bower, Carol Elliott, Elizabeth J |
author_facet | Peadon, Elizabeth Payne, Janet Henley, Nadine D'Antoine, Heather Bartu, Anne O'Leary, Colleen Bower, Carol Elliott, Elizabeth J |
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description | BACKGROUND: To explore women's alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and potential predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy including: demographic characteristics; and women's knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy and its effects on the fetus. METHODS: We conducted a national cross-sectional survey via computer assisted telephone interview of 1103 Australian women aged 18 to 45 years. Participants were randomly selected from the Electronic White Pages. Pregnant women were not eligible to participate. Quotas were set for age groups and a minimum of 100 participants per state to ensure a national sample reflecting the population. The questionnaire was based on a Health Canada survey with additional questions constructed by the investigators. Descriptive statistics were calculated and logistic regression analyses were used to assess associations of alcohol consumption in pregnancy with participants' characteristics, knowledge and attitudes. RESULTS: The majority of women (89.4%) had consumed alcohol in the last 12 months. During their last pregnancy (n = 700), 34.1% drank alcohol. When asked what they would do if planning a pregnancy (n = 1103), 31.6% said they would consume alcohol and 4.8% would smoke. Intention to consume alcohol in a future pregnancy was associated with: alcohol use in the last pregnancy (adjusted OR (aOR) 43.9; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 27.0 to 71.4); neutral or positive attitudes towards alcohol use in pregnancy (aOR 5.1; 95% CI 3.6 to 7.1); intention to smoke in a future pregnancy (aOR 4.7; 95% CI 2.5 to 9.0); and more frequent and higher current alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Women's past pregnancy and current drinking behaviour, and attitudes to alcohol use in pregnancy were the strongest predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy. Targeted interventions for women at higher risk of alcohol consumption in pregnancy are needed to change women's risk perception and behaviour. |
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spelling | pubmed-31559192011-08-16 Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals Peadon, Elizabeth Payne, Janet Henley, Nadine D'Antoine, Heather Bartu, Anne O'Leary, Colleen Bower, Carol Elliott, Elizabeth J BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: To explore women's alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and potential predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy including: demographic characteristics; and women's knowledge and attitudes regarding alcohol consumption in pregnancy and its effects on the fetus. METHODS: We conducted a national cross-sectional survey via computer assisted telephone interview of 1103 Australian women aged 18 to 45 years. Participants were randomly selected from the Electronic White Pages. Pregnant women were not eligible to participate. Quotas were set for age groups and a minimum of 100 participants per state to ensure a national sample reflecting the population. The questionnaire was based on a Health Canada survey with additional questions constructed by the investigators. Descriptive statistics were calculated and logistic regression analyses were used to assess associations of alcohol consumption in pregnancy with participants' characteristics, knowledge and attitudes. RESULTS: The majority of women (89.4%) had consumed alcohol in the last 12 months. During their last pregnancy (n = 700), 34.1% drank alcohol. When asked what they would do if planning a pregnancy (n = 1103), 31.6% said they would consume alcohol and 4.8% would smoke. Intention to consume alcohol in a future pregnancy was associated with: alcohol use in the last pregnancy (adjusted OR (aOR) 43.9; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 27.0 to 71.4); neutral or positive attitudes towards alcohol use in pregnancy (aOR 5.1; 95% CI 3.6 to 7.1); intention to smoke in a future pregnancy (aOR 4.7; 95% CI 2.5 to 9.0); and more frequent and higher current alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS: Women's past pregnancy and current drinking behaviour, and attitudes to alcohol use in pregnancy were the strongest predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy. Targeted interventions for women at higher risk of alcohol consumption in pregnancy are needed to change women's risk perception and behaviour. BioMed Central 2011-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3155919/ /pubmed/21781309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-584 Text en Copyright ©2011 Peadon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Peadon, Elizabeth Payne, Janet Henley, Nadine D'Antoine, Heather Bartu, Anne O'Leary, Colleen Bower, Carol Elliott, Elizabeth J Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title | Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title_full | Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title_fullStr | Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title_short | Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
title_sort | attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy: the challenge for health professionals |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155919/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21781309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-584 |
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