Lifestyle of a women--mother and health of members of the family.
OBJECTIVE
The goal of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of prevention of cardiovascular diseases.


METHODS
The follow-up study included a sample of 206 intervened pregnant women. They were given an information booklet about risk factors and prevention. During the postpartum period they were contacted again and 111 of them completed a questionnaire. Control sample consisted from 200 women inthe postpartum period not intervened, who filled in the same questionnaire.


CONCLUSIONS
Such intervention positively influences both attitudes towards lifestyle and knowledge level and can be considered as an appropriate preventive measure in pregnant women. The question is, if the achieved changes last for a longer time and if they are passed an to members of families of the intervened women (Fig. 1, Ref. 8).
Institute of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia. baskova@jfmed.uniba.sk
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D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior