Nutritional knowledge of pregnant women from Kraków. Part 2. Influence of nutrition on the course of pregnancy
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 14, Issue 4
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess knowledge about the influence of nutrition on the course of pregnancy among pregnant women from Kraków.Questionnaires on the influence of nutrition on the course of pregnancy were filled in by 115 pregnant women who were admitted to Gabriel Narutowicz City Specialist Hospital in Kraków. Statistical analysis was carried out by means of the SPSS 12.0 PL for Windows computer programme. The studied population was divided according to the trimester of pregnancy.Trimester of pregnancy had statistically significant influence on the answers to the question whether taking folic acid supplements before conception and at the beginning of pregnancy can prevent from blood pressure increase during pregnancy. All of the women in the first trimester of pregnancy knew that taking folic acid supplements before conception and at the beginning of pregnancy cannot prevent from blood pressure increase during pregnancy, whereas the percentage of correct answers given by the women in the second and the third trimester was 61.3 and 50.0%, respectively. Women in the first trimester of pregnancy gave the most correct answers to nine questions, including two questions to which the percentage of correct answers was equal to those given by women in the third trimester of pregnancy.The level of knowledge about the influence of nutrition on the course of pregnancy in the studied pregnant women was insufficient. Knowledge in this issue should be included in the school curricula and should be spread by the mass media.
Authors and Affiliations
Wojciech Chalcarz, Sylwia Merkiel, Agnieszka Marzęcka, Natalia Popierz-Rydlewska, Renata Godyń-Swędzioł
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