TY - JOUR
T1 - Pregnancy planning and lifestyle prior to conception and during early pregnancy among Danish women
AU - Backhausen, Mette G.
AU - Ekstrand, Maria
AU - Tydén, Tanja
AU - Magnussen, Britta Kjeldberg
AU - Shawe, Jill
AU - Stern, Jenny
AU - Hegaard, Hanne K
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective To investigate the extent to which Danish women attending antenatal care plan their pregnancies and to determine the association between pregnancy planning and the intake of folic acid, alcohol consumption and smoking habits prior to conception and before the 16th week of gestation. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 258 women. Main outcome measures: intake of folic acid, alcohol consumption and smoking. Pregnancy planning was assessed by the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) and the five graded Swedish Pregnancy Planning Scale. Results Most (77%) of the participants reported that their pregnancies were very or fairly well planned. Higher median LMUP scores were observed in women taking folic acid (p
AB - Objective To investigate the extent to which Danish women attending antenatal care plan their pregnancies and to determine the association between pregnancy planning and the intake of folic acid, alcohol consumption and smoking habits prior to conception and before the 16th week of gestation. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 258 women. Main outcome measures: intake of folic acid, alcohol consumption and smoking. Pregnancy planning was assessed by the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) and the five graded Swedish Pregnancy Planning Scale. Results Most (77%) of the participants reported that their pregnancies were very or fairly well planned. Higher median LMUP scores were observed in women taking folic acid (p
U2 - 10.3109/13625187.2013.851183
DO - 10.3109/13625187.2013.851183
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24229390
SN - 1362-5187
VL - 19
SP - 57
EP - 65
JO - The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception
JF - The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception
IS - 1
ER -