Folic Acid Use in Planned Pregnancy: An Italian Survey

Autor: Ilenia Mappa, Marco De Santis, Angelo Licameli, Tomasella Quattrocchi, Carmen De Luca, Terryann Spagnuolo, Giacomina Chiaradia
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Adult
Vitamin
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology
Cross-sectional study
European Continental Ancestry Group
Health Behavior
Prenatal care
Preconception Care
White People
Young Adult
folic acid
chemistry.chemical_compound
Pregnancy
medicine
Humans
preconception counselling
Neural Tube Defects
Young adult
Practice
business.industry
Obstetrics
Health Knowledge
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prenatal Care
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Settore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIA
Italy
Socioeconomic Factors
chemistry
Folic acid
Settore MED/40
Attitudes
Family Planning Services
Health Care Surveys
Multivariate Analysis
Vitamin B Complex
Pediatrics
Perinatology and Child Health
Planned pregnancy
Regression Analysis
Female
business
Zdroj: Maternal and Child Health Journal. 17:661-666
ISSN: 1573-6628
1092-7875
Popis: It is well known that periconceptional folic acid supplementation decreases the risk of neural tube defects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes and practices of women with planned pregnancies regarding periconceptional folic acid intake and to identify factors associated with the use of this supplement. During 2 years of observation, we surveyed women with planned pregnancies who called our Teratology Information Service. A total of 500 women were surveyed: 217 (43.4 %) took folic acid before becoming pregnant, and 283 (56.6 %) did not take it. The women who took folic acid before becoming pregnant had a high education level and received preconception counselling. Our results suggest that less than half of Italian women took folic acid before they became pregnant although they were trying to conceive. Knowledge about the benefits of this vitamin is inadequate also among women who planned the pregnancy and the level of information received from their physicians.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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