Perception of smoking-related health consequences among pregnant and non-pregnant women.
The objective was to examine the perception of smoking-related health consequences and its relationship to pregnancy and intent to quit. Over a two-week period, pregnant and non-pregnant women, intending and not intending to quit smoking, rated the probability for smoking-related health consequences to occur, given continuing to smoke and quitting smoking. Pregnant women who did not intend to quit smoking exhibited the lowest estimated probability for the smoking-related health consequences to occur if they continued smoking. For all women, there was a statistically significant estimated effect of quitting smoking. Renewed attention needs to be given to perceptions of health risks of smoking, especially among pregnant women.
Ortendahl
Monica
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Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. monicaortendahl@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires