Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Logan, QLD, Australia.
Med J Aust. 2013 Sep 2;199(5):355-7. doi: 10.5694/mja12.11723.
To describe the prevalence and distribution of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in an Australian population over a 5-year period.
DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional repeated sample, trend analysis of aggregated and stratified alcohol consumption patterns during pregnancy. Pregnant women were enrolled from 2007 to 2011 in the Griffith Study of Population Health: Environments for Healthy Living, a birth cohort study being conducted in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales.
Sociodemographic and alcohol consumption data were self-reported at enrollment. Alcohol measures included alcohol consumption (any level) and high-risk alcohol consumption, both during pregnancy (at any stage) and after the first trimester of pregnancy.
Of 2731 pregnant women for whom alcohol consumption data were available, a decrease in alcohol consumption was observed over the study period; 52.8% reported alcohol use in 2007 compared with 34.8% in 2011 (P< 0.001). The proportion of women who drank alcohol after the first trimester of pregnancy declined from 42.2% in 2007 to 25.8% in 2011. However, high-risk drinking patterns - at all or after the first trimester - did not change over the 5 years (P = 0.12). Low-level alcohol consumption was associated with older women (P < 0.001), more highly educated women (P = 0.01), and women from higher-income households (P < 0.001). In contrast, high-risk consumption after the first trimester was associated with lower levels of education (P = 0.011) and single-parent status (P = 0.001).
This study showed a steady and statistically significant decline in the proportion of women who reported drinking alcohol during pregnancy from 2007 to 2011. To further reduce these levels, we need broad public health messages for the general population and localised strategies for high-risk subpopulations.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12610000931077.
描述在澳大利亚人群中,5 年内怀孕期间饮酒的流行情况和分布情况。
设计、地点和参与者:这是一项横断面重复抽样研究,对怀孕期间的酒精消费模式进行了汇总和分层的趋势分析。2007 年至 2011 年期间,在昆士兰州东南部和新南威尔士州东北部开展的一项出生队列研究——格里菲斯人群健康研究:健康生活环境中,招募了怀孕的女性。
在入组时,自我报告社会人口统计学和饮酒数据。酒精测量包括怀孕期间(任何阶段)和怀孕前三个月后任何水平的饮酒和高危饮酒。
在 2731 名有酒精消费数据的孕妇中,研究期间观察到饮酒量下降;2007 年有 52.8%的人报告饮酒,而 2011 年则有 34.8%(P<0.001)。在怀孕前三个月后饮酒的女性比例从 2007 年的 42.2%下降到 2011 年的 25.8%。然而,高危饮酒模式(在任何阶段或怀孕前三个月后)在 5 年内并未改变(P=0.12)。低水平饮酒与年龄较大的女性(P<0.001)、受教育程度较高的女性(P=0.01)和高收入家庭的女性(P<0.001)相关。相比之下,怀孕前三个月后的高危饮酒与较低的教育水平(P=0.011)和单亲家庭状况(P=0.001)相关。
本研究表明,2007 年至 2011 年,报告怀孕期间饮酒的女性比例稳步且具有统计学意义地下降。为了进一步降低这些水平,我们需要向普通人群传递广泛的公共卫生信息,并为高危亚人群制定本地化策略。
澳大利亚和新西兰临床试验注册 ACTRN12610000931077。