Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Jinekoloji ve Obstetrik Dergisi, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.153-158, 2005 (Scopus)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the active and/or passive smoking and the effecting factors in pregnant women in Inönü Health Centre Area in Izmir. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional and analytic study was performed. The study population was the 91 pregnant women registered in the Health Centre in May 2004. Due to the limitations of the laboratory facilities, a sample was selected. At 95% confidence interval (CI), with unknown prevalance and 5% deviation, minimum sample size was 74 pregnant women, although concerning the limited laboratory facilities, deviation was accepted 7% and the calculated minimum sample size was 62 pregnant. The sample was selected from Health Center records with systematic sampling. Smoking (active and/or passive) exposure which was the dependent variable was determined by self-reporting and urine cotinine measurements. Independent variables of the study were socio-demographic and economic characteristic; pregnancy and birth related factors. Data analyses were performed with Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests on SPSS 11.0 programme where p=0.05 was selected as significance. RESULT(s): All the subjects were accessed. Mean age of the pregnant women was 25.0, mean gestation week was 22.9. Although 12 women reported absence of active and/or passive smoking, urine cotinine measurements revealed exposure in all the pregnant. The self reported active smoking was 29.0%. Cotinine mean levels were not statistically significant on maternal age, literacy, home status, per capita income, social and health security groups. Presence of more than one smoker in the home and the smoking status of pregnant woman (passive, active or both) significantly increased the mean cotinine level (p=0.000, p=0.000 respectively). CONCLUSION(s): All pregnant women were exposed to tobacco smoke and the active smoking rate was high. Self reported active and/or passive smoking was less than cotinine measurements.