Factors associated with attitudes toward medication use by pregnant women, with implications for prenatal care providers.
Women continue to have concerns about use of a prescription medication for the treatment of infection during pregnancy. Although we surveyed adults of all ages to determine if parents of reproductive age women were harboring concerns about medication and advising their pregnant daughters to be cautious, we found it was the young women who were most concerned about the balance between medication use and impact of infection. Clinicians should be clear about the risk of infection for both the mother and the infant when medication is prescribed for infectious illness during pregnancy so women can make an informed decision about adherence to the treatment regime.
McDermott
Suzanne
S
Department of Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
Heath
Jennifer
J
Washington
LaShondra
L
Hucks
Mark
M
Anderson
Suzanne
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires