Patient and provider knowledge of and attitudes toward medical conditions and medication during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of medical conditions and their evidence-based medications varies among individuals. This range of knowledge may affect attitudes and influence medical decision-making of both patients and providers. Perceptions may be even more impactful in pregnancy, a timeframe subject to bias, and in diseases that include behavioral symptoms and often carry significant societal stigma, such as opioid use disorder (OUD). We present our findings from a survey assessing participants' knowledge of three distinct medical conditions (diabetes mellitus, bipolar disorder, and OUD) and how this knowledge affects perceptions of these disease states during pregnancy.

Methods

Using existing surveys in the literature as a guideline, we designed a cross-sectional survey including

SUBMITTER: Shadowen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8008637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature