Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urological Sciences, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
J Perinat Med. 2020 Oct 23;49(3):327-332. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2020-0301. Print 2021 Mar 26.
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection can negatively affect pregnancy outcomes, but may be prevented by simple precautions. Literature suggests that gynaecologists do not always adequately inform about preventive behaviour and most pregnant women have a low-level knowledge regarding cCMV infection. The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge and risk behaviours related to cCMV infection in an unselected group of pregnant women.
An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted in three Maternal and Fetal Divisions in Rome between November and February 2019 on 296 pregnant women, their knowledge on cCMV was measured using six cytomegalovirus (CMV) related questions.
Out of the 296 respondents, 59.1% had heard, read or seen information about cCMV infection. Regarding the way of transmission, 96/296 (32.4%) correctly recognize children as a potential source of the infection but only 25/296 (8.44%) knew all prevention practices, 28/296 (9.5%) of women reported that they have never performed cCMV test during pregnancy.
The results of this survey show that knowledge on cCMV infection among pregnant women is poor. This highlights the need to improve counselling on all preventive practices for cCMV infection during perinatal care consultation.
先天性巨细胞病毒（cCMV）感染会对妊娠结局产生负面影响，但可通过简单的预防措施来预防。文献表明，妇科医生并非总是充分告知预防行为，而且大多数孕妇对 cCMV 感染的了解程度较低。本研究旨在评估未选择的孕妇群体对 cCMV 感染的知识和风险行为。
2019 年 11 月至 2 月，在罗马的三个妇产科和胎儿科进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究，对 296 名孕妇进行了调查，使用与巨细胞病毒（CMV）相关的六个问题来衡量她们对 cCMV 的了解程度。
在 296 名应答者中，59.1%听说过、阅读过或看到过有关 cCMV 感染的信息。关于传播途径，96/296（32.4%）正确认识到儿童是感染的潜在来源，但只有 25/296（8.44%）知道所有预防措施，28/296（9.5%）的女性报告说她们在怀孕期间从未进行过 cCMV 检测。
这项调查的结果表明，孕妇对 cCMV 感染的认识很差。这凸显了在围产期保健咨询中需要加强有关所有预防 cCMV 感染措施的咨询。
