Profile of Reported Alcohol, Tobacco, and Recreational Drug Use in Nulliparous Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drug use during pregnancy among nulliparous women.

Methods

In a cohort of nulliparous women followed through pregnancy from the first-trimester nuMoM2b (Nulliparous Outcomes in Pregnancy: Monitoring Mothers to be) study, self-reported use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs was chronicled longitudinally at four study visits in this secondary analysis. Rates of use before pregnancy, in each trimester (visit 1, visit 2, visit 3, approximating each trimester), and at the time of delivery (visit 4) were recorded. The amount of alcohol, tobacco, and drug exposure were recorded using validated measures, and trends across pregnancy were analyzed.

Results

Of the 10,038 study participants, 10,028 had information regarding alc

SUBMITTER: Haas DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7263351 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature