Smoking status of pregnant women in Elazig, an eastern province of Turkey

Authors : Berrak Yildirim AKSAKAL, Edibe PIRINCCİ, İbrahim Halil AKKUS
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Publication Date : 2017-07-20
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Abstract :  This study was conducted to determine the smoking situation of pregnant women in Elazig. Pregnant women registered at 173 family medicine centers in all the districts of Elazig comprise this descriptive research. 12.3% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=77); of pregnant women had smoked regularly before pregnancy, 84.6% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=531); of them stated that they never smoked and, 3.2%insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=20); had quit smoking before pregnancy. 87.7% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=551); of pregnant women stated that they did not smoke at all during pregnancy, 4.2% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=26); continued smoking during pregnancy, 6.7% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=42); quit smoking as soon as they learned of their pregnancy, and 1.4% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=9); smoking for a while and then quit smoking during pregnancy. 72.5% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=37); of pregnant women who quit smoking, did so by themselves without any advice, 21.6% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=11); by nurse advice and 5.9% insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=3); by doctor advice. 35.0% of pregnant women stated that they were exposed to second-hand smoking during pregnancy. The rate of smoking during pregnancy increased with decreasing income insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. The rate of smoking in pregnant women is low. The rate of pregnant women taking advice from health personnel about smoking cessation is low. The risk of smoking during pregnancy should be dwelt on by health personnel and relevant education should be given to pregnant women. 
Keywords : Pregnant, smoking, smoking cessation, women

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