Bachir Rana, Chaaya Monique
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Matern Child Health J. 2008 May;12(3):298-307. doi: 10.1007/s10995-007-0242-z. Epub 2007 Jun 21.
This study assessed the factors related to smoking during pregnancy in two areas in Lebanon, and the association of smoking to selected maternal and newborn health related factors.
This was a secondary analysis of data on 538 women who delivered in nine hospitals in two areas in Lebanon. Women were interviewed about their smoking practices, and on demographic and psychosocial variables. 396 women were followed up and re-interviewed about their smoking status, and the mother's and baby's health after delivery. Smoking during pregnancy included both cigarettes and narghile smoking.
About 25.7% of women were smoking some kind of tobacco during pregnancy. Older women, Muslim women, women with poor education, those who had financial difficulty, nervousness, lower support, and delay in seeking prenatal care were more likely to smoke during pregnancy. Women who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to have a low birth weight baby and to stop breastfeeding.
It is important to address smoking among women in general, and not only during pregnancy. We discuss the role of public and private sectors in smoking cessation and interventions.
本研究评估了黎巴嫩两个地区与孕期吸烟相关的因素，以及吸烟与选定的孕产妇和新生儿健康相关因素之间的关联。
这是对黎巴嫩两个地区九家医院538名分娩妇女的数据进行的二次分析。对妇女进行了关于其吸烟习惯、人口统计学和社会心理变量的访谈。对396名妇女进行了随访，并再次询问她们的吸烟状况以及分娩后母亲和婴儿的健康情况。孕期吸烟包括吸香烟和水烟。
约25.7%的妇女在孕期吸食某种烟草。年龄较大的妇女、穆斯林妇女、受教育程度低的妇女、有经济困难的妇女、紧张的妇女、获得支持较少的妇女以及延迟寻求产前护理的妇女在孕期吸烟的可能性更大。孕期吸烟的妇女更有可能生出低体重儿并停止母乳喂养。
重要的是要关注一般女性中的吸烟问题，而不仅仅是孕期吸烟问题。我们讨论了公共和私营部门在戒烟及干预措施中的作用。
