Publication details
Kuřácké chování a zdraví matek za šest měsíců po porodu : výsledky studie ELSPAC
| Title in English | Smoking Behaviour and Maternal Health Six Months after Delivery: Results of ELSPAC Trial |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Type | Peer-reviewed scientific article |
| Magazine / Source | Čs. Hygiena |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Paediatry |
| Keywords | ELSPAC; maternity; smoking; trends; health of mothers; |
| Description | The autors present an account of the further developmentof smoking behaviour of mothers and its associations with other characteristics of the lifestyle and health status of women in the cohort of the ELSPAC trial.According to the smoking behaviour the mothers were divided into three groups : non-smokers, mild smokers(1-9 cigarettes per day) and medium heavy and heavy smokers (10 and more cigarettes per day). A total of 4581 women replied: 76.2 % did not smoke,23.8 % smoked: the prevalence of smoking women 6 months after delivery thus reached the level recorded 9 months before pregnancy. The smokers had in many respects a poorer health status than non-smokers. The effect of smoking was most frequently manifested by diseases of the airways but there was also an association with gastric ulcers and indicators related to reproduction. From the results of the ELSPAC study it is obvious that at the beginning of the nineties the opportunities of aimed anti-smoking counselling of expectant parnts were missed which could have used such an important motivation as pregnancy and maternity. It is important to change the approach of all health workers to smoking of their patients. Clear wording of recommendations to quit smoking and professional assistance to cope with deprivation symptoms should be a routine part of medical care |