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Factors associated with smoking in pregnancy

da Motta, G., Echer, I. C. & Lucena, A. D. E. F. (2010). Factors associated with smoking in pregnancy. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 18(4), pp. 809-815. doi: 10.1590/s0104-11692010000400021

Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify factors related to smoking during pregnancy. The sample included 267 puerperae hospitalized in the maternity unit of a university hospital in Porto Alegre/RS. The data were collected through a self-applied instrument and statistically analyzed. The majority of the puerperae (51.3%) were between 18 and 25 years old, 55.4% were nonsmokers, 25.5% were smokers, 19.1% had recently ceased smoking (in abstinence). The nonsmokers had more consultations than the smokers and the abstinent smokers (p=0.025). The number of women who had more than one child was higher among smokers than among nonsmokers and abstinent smokers (p=0.002). Women were more likely to stop smoking before pregnancy when they had a partner who was a nonsmoker (p=0.007). Several factors influence smoking and smoking cessation and these are important in prenatal interventions aimed at pregnant women and their partners.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: Smoking; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Tobacco Use Cessation
Subjects: R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Midwifery & Radiography
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