Authors: Jodi Summers Holtrop Cristian Meghea Jennifer E Raffo Lynette Biery Shelby Berkowitz Chartkoff LeeAnne Roman
Publish Date: 2009/10/17
Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Pages: 971-977
Abstract
Smoking during pregnancy is the single most modifiable risk factor for poor birth outcomes yet it remains prevalent among lowincome women This study examined factors associated with continued smoking and quitting among pregnant women A total of 2203 Medicaideligible pregnant women were screened at their first enhanced prenatal services visit for risk factors including demographics health behaviors smoking alcohol and drug use mental health history of mental health disorders current depressive symptoms and stress Smoking status was divided into nonsmokers quitters quit smoking since learning of pregnancy and continuing smokers Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used to describe the sample and analyze relationships between smoking status and other characteristics Overall 57 were nonsmokers 17 quitters and 26 continuing smokers Approximately 18 had severe depressive symptoms 53 had a high stress score and 33 had a history of mental health problems Younger women had lower odds of continued smoking as compared to both nonsmokers OR = 048 p 001 and quitters OR = 056 p 005 Older women with less than a 12th grade education had higher odds of continued smoking OR = 217 p 001 and quitting OR = 162 p 005 as compared to nonsmokers Alcohol use OR = 281 p 005 and drug use before pregnancy OR = 532 p 001 predicted continued smoking compared to nonsmoking Women with a mental health history OR = 181 p 001 and high stress scores OR = 139 p 005 had higher odds of continued smoking compared to nonsmokers Mental health history stress demographics current alcohol and past drug use are strongly related to continued smoking in this population
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