Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report the methods used to assemble a contemporary pregnancy cohort for investigating influences on smoking behaviour before, during and after pregnancy and to report characteristics of women recruited.

Design

Longitudinal cohort survey.

Setting

Two maternity hospitals, Nottingham, England.

Participants

3265 women who attended antenatal ultrasound scan clinics were offered cohort enrolment; those who were 8-26 weeks pregnant and were currently smoking or had recently stopped smoking were eligible. Cohort enrollment took place between August 2011 and August 2012.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Prevalence of smoking at cohort entry and at two follow-up time points (34-36 weeks gestation and 3 months postnatally); response rate, partic

SUBMITTER: Orton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4025445 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature