title: [Smoking and pregnancy (psychosocial aspects of the prevention of damage caused by nicotine) (author's transl)].
abstract: The literature on the detrimental effects of smoking on pregnancy is indeed extensive. Despite the hazard of a significantly increased perinatal mortality, especially on account of prematurity with low birth weight of the infants, no wellaimed campaign has been conducted so far which would aim at enlightening pregnant women about the dangers involved in smoking. A study conducted with a group of 425 women treated in our outpatient department is analyzed to determine the audience for an informative brochure on smoking, and also to find out the most effective way in which this brochure should be presented and worded. Every third young woman up to 25 years of age is a regular smoker (p less than 0,0001). There is a significantly higher incidence of smokers among unmarried women than among married ones. (p less than 0.05). Career women and employees were found to smoke twice as often than those not gainfully employed (p less than 0.01). Women without children, too, smoked twices as often as women with two and more children (p less than 0.05). Furthermore, women with an IQ above 100 smoked cigarettes twice as often than women with an IQ up to 100. Two out of 12 psychometrically studied personality traits bore a significant relationship to smoking. These results agree with perinatologic literature and are discussed under the aspect of effective information on the hazards of smoking during pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D007360:Intelligence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D010551:Personality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Rauchen und Schwangerschaft (Psychosoziale Aspekte zur Prävention von Nikotinschäden).