title: Antenatal health questionnaire to identify "mothers with emotional disturbances" as a potential risk group.
abstract: An important task in antenatal care is to identify mothers at risk during pregnancy, with the aim of minimizing morbidity and mortality. This paper describes the outcome of a health questionnaire distributed antenatally to 2086 primigravidae during the Tayside Infant Morbidity and Mortality Study 1980-81. The aim of this study was to test a health questionnaire, known to identify mothers with emotional disturbances, and investigate the outcome of their pregnancies. Two hundred and thirty-eight mothers (11.4%) had a 'positive' score in this study. This rather small group of women had a significantly higher incidence of psycho-social risk factors. The questionnaire return rate was high, more than 99%, suggesting that such a questionnaire could be used as a screening instrument to identify 'risk mothers'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: U L
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Nordström
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dallas
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors; D012606:Scotland; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors