Quitting Smoking before and after Pregnancy: Study Methods and Baseline Data from a Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Smoking during pregnancy and postpartum remains an important public health problem. No known prior study has prospectively examined mutual changes in risk factors and women's smoking trajectory across pregnancy and postpartum. The objective of this study was to report methods used to implement a prospective cohort (Msgs4Moms), present participant baseline characteristics, and compare our sample characteristics to pregnant women from national birth record data. The cohort study was designed to investigate smoking patterns, variables related to tobacco use and abstinence, and tobacco treatment quality across pregnancy through 1-year postpartum. Current smokers or recent quitters were recruited from obstetrics clinics. Analyses included Chi-square and independent sample t-tests using Cohen's

SUBMITTER: Cruvinel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature