| Self reported alcohol intake in pregnancy: comparison between four methods. | |
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PMID: 11553658 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the agreement between four different measures of alcohol intake in pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: Danish speaking pregnant women referred to the Midwife Centre in Aarhus, Denmark, for routine antenatal care were contacted at their first visit at approximately 15-16 weeks gestation from October to December 1998. The women were interviewed about current average alcohol intake and intake within the previous week, and subsequently filled in a two week diary on alcohol intake. When booking for delivery at the end of the first trimester the women were also asked to complete a questionnaire including a one item question on current average alcohol intake. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 441 pregnant women. MAIN RESULTS: Per cent agreement +/- 1 category ranged between 73 and 82. Mean (SD) intake ranged between 1.09 (1.35) drinks/week for diaries, and 0.69 (0.85) for questionnaires. Mean differences between methods were all close to zero. Three of the four measures yielded comparable distributions of average alcohol intake, but reports of intake within the past seven days seemed to be an inappropriate measure of average intake, yielding three times as many abstainers as expected when combining the methods. CONCLUSIONS: When assessing the distribution of alcohol intake in pregnancy or when studying adverse pregnancy outcomes that are probably caused mainly by sustained exposure it seems that for pregnant women with low to moderate alcohol intake diaries or an average measure from interviews or a simple one item questionnaire may be applied. A measure of intake for the previous week seems to be a relevant measure only when studying adverse pregnancy outcomes that are most probably caused by binge-like exposure. |
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Authors:
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U Kesmodel; S F Olsen |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of epidemiology and community health Volume: 55 ISSN: 0143-005X ISO Abbreviation: J Epidemiol Community Health Publication Date: 2001 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-09-12 Completed Date: 2001-10-25 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909766 Medline TA: J Epidemiol Community Health Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 738-45 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Perinatal Epidemiological Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. skejuk@au.dk |
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Adult Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*, epidemiology Denmark / epidemiology Female Humans Medical Records / standards* Pregnancy* Pregnancy Trimester, First Prenatal Care Questionnaires / standards* Regression Analysis |
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