McLeod Deborah, Pullon Susan, Cookson Timothy, Cornford Elizabeth
General Practice Department, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand.
N Z Med J. 2002 Jul 2;115(1157):U29.
This study explored the demographic profile of women consuming alcohol during pregnancy and after giving birth, as part of a larger cohort study of smoking during pregnancy.
This was a prospective study of a cohort of 665 women registered with a maternity care provider organisation for antenatal care in Wellington. Data were collected from postal questionnaires sent at intervals during gestation and the postnatal period. The questionnaires elicited information about smoking, alcohol consumption and demographic data.
At 24 weeks gestation, 74% of women reported not consuming any alcohol in the preceding seven days. Women who were pregnant for the first time, women who experienced nausea, women who were socio-economically deprived and women who smoked were less likely to report having consumed alcohol. At six weeks after giving birth the number of women reporting not consuming any alcohol in the preceding seven days decreased to 46%. Socio-economic deprivation was associated with abstention and tertiary education with alcohol consumption.
Approximately a quarter of women continue to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Health education aiming to reduce alcohol consumption in pregnancy needs to take into account the profile of women who drink during pregnancy.
作为一项关于孕期吸烟的大型队列研究的一部分，本研究探讨了孕期及产后饮酒女性的人口统计学特征。
这是一项对惠灵顿一家产妇护理服务机构登记接受产前护理的665名女性队列的前瞻性研究。数据通过在孕期和产后不同阶段邮寄的问卷收集。问卷收集了吸烟、饮酒及人口统计学数据方面的信息。
妊娠24周时，74%的女性报告在前七天未饮酒。首次怀孕的女性、有恶心症状的女性、社会经济条件较差的女性以及吸烟的女性报告饮酒的可能性较小。产后六周时，报告在前七天未饮酒的女性人数降至46%。社会经济条件较差与戒酒相关，而高等教育与饮酒相关。
约四分之一的女性在孕期持续饮酒。旨在减少孕期饮酒的健康教育需要考虑孕期饮酒女性的特征。
