Risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcome and adverse outcome itself being: spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, and congenital anomaly.
Conditions
Interventions
In the intervention group women 18-40 years received an invitation for preconception counseling. When interested and contemplating a pregnancy within a year a risk-assessment questionnaire was used to
Sponsors
TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, the Netherlands and Department of General Practice and Nursing Home Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women aged 18-40.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Completed family, uterus extirpation, sub-fertility or infertility, insufficient understanding of Dutch, or adverse social circumstances.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The effect of GP-initiated preconception counseling (PCC) on adverse pregnancy outcome. (Spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, congenital anomaly). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of women’s knowledge of risk factors the foetus and the influence of PCC on this knowledge. Prevalence of risk factors, response to invitation of PCC, anxiety induction by invitation or counseling, satisfaction with counseling. Influence of PCC on risk-reducing behavior. GP satisfaction with the systematic PCC program and barriers for implication. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactK.M. Pal, van der-de Bruin
TNO Quality of Life, P.O. Box 2215
Outcome results
None listed