Medication and Supplement Use, Pregnant Women
Conditions
Keywords
Medication beliefs, Information desire, Vitamin deficiencies
Brief summary
This cross-sectional study will try to give answers to the following project aims: * To provide an overview of the prevalence of health products' use among Belgian pregnant women (prescription and OTC medication, vitamin supplements, phyto-therapeutics, dermatologic products), including where pregnant women buy or get their health products (online web survey). * To document women's beliefs about medication during pregnancy and their information desire (online web survey). * To determine the current vitamin status among pregnant women and to reveal clinical targets for supplementing deficiencies in this population (blood sample analysis). The study will be performed at the obstetrics department of the University Hospitals of Leuven (campus Gasthuisberg). We aim to include 300 pregnant women (100 per trimester), of which 150 women will be asked to determine their vitamin status (50 per trimester).
Interventions
DRUGMedication use during pregnancy
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTSupplement use during pregnancy
OTHERVitamin status of a pregnant woman
Haemoglobin, RBC count + hematocrits, thrombocytes count, folate (serum), vitamin B12, WBC count, ferritin, iron (serum), transferrin % and saturation, TSH, T4, free glucose, LDH, ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin (total), CRP, albumin, total protein, ureum, uric acid, creating, calcium (total), 25-hydroxy vitamin D, Na, K, Mg
Sponsors
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
KU Leuven
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Pregnant women who visit the obstetrics department of the University Hospitals of Leuven * ≥18 years * Able to understand Dutch, French or English
Exclusion criteria
* \<18 years * Don't able to understand Dutch, French or English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Medication and supplement use among Belgian pregnant women | Completion of a questionnaire during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age | Percentage of women who have taken a health product during the last 7 days - Overview of the health products used by pregnant women |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin deficiencies among Belgian pregnant women | One blood sample during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age | Analysis of a blood sample |
| Medication beliefs among Belgian pregnant women | Completion of a questionnaire during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age | Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) (R. Horne, H. Nordeng) |
Outcome results
None listed