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Table 2 Prenatal care in women with adequate, inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG)a

From: Women’s recall of health care provider counselling on gestational weight gain (GWG): a prospective, population-based study

 

Gestational Weight Gain

Total Sample (N)

Adequate GWG n (%)

Inadequate GWG n (%)

Excessive GWG n (%)

p-value

Difficulty obtaining prenatal care n (%)

2909

    

 Yes

 

56 (5.4)

34 (6.7)

64 (4.7)

0.253

 No

 

989 (94.6)

477 (93.3)

1289 (95.3)

Number of prenatal care visits (mean ± SD)

2849

8.2 ± 2.0

8.2 ± 2.2

8.3 ± 2.2

0.408

  ≤ 6 prenatal visits

672

234 (34.8)

128 (19.0)

310 (46.1)

0.471

  > 7 prenatal visits

2177

789 (36.2)

371 (17.0)

1017 (46.7)

 

Type of prenatal care provider

 Obstetrician

1116 (38.4)

360 (32.3)

209 (18.7)

547 (49.0)

0.005*

 Family physician

1783 (61.3)

631 (35.3)

341 (19.1)

811 (45.6)

0.020*

 Midwife

272 (9.4)

123 (45.3)

36 (13.2)

113 (41.5)

0.002*

 Low Risk Maternity Clinic Doctor

1359 (46.7)

495 (36.4)

233 (17.1)

631 (46.5)

0.803

 Walk-in Clinic Doctor

268 (9.2)

87 (32.4)

49 (18.2)

132 (49.3)

0.461

 Other health care providerb

238 (8.2)

82 (34.5)

38 (15.9)

118 (49.6)

0.589

Proportion of women who felt comfortable asking for advicec

2823

1016 (99.2)

495 (99.0)

1312 (98.7)

0.498

Proportion of women who received satisfactory answer to their questionsc

2671

971 (97.8)

470 (97.3)

1230 (96.9)

0.400

Domains of prenatal advice women recalled receiving advicec

 Nutrition

2018

721 (69.0)

357 (69.9)

940 (69.5)

0.935

 Vitamins/mineral supplements

2495

920 (88.0)

435 (85.1)

1140 (84.3)

*0.029

 Alcohol consumption

1417

522 (50.0)

234 (45.8)

661 (48.9)

0.302

 Exercise and active living

1834

662 (63.3)

17.2 (61.6)

857 (63.3)

0.770

 Appropriate weight gain

1930

681 (65.2)

337 (65.9)

912 (67.4)

0.505

 Working during pregnancy

1430

516 (49.4)

234 (45.8)

680 (50.3)

0.224

 Non−/prescription drugs

1777

647 (61.9)

318 (62.2)

812 (60.0)

0.539

 Smoking (including second hand smoking)

1206

437 (41.8)

203 (39.7)

566 (41.8)

0.682

  1. a Gestational weight gain (GWG) was classified based on Institute of Medicine 2009 recommendations
  2. b Other health care providers refer to one or more of the following: high risk obstetrics or maternal-fetal medicine specialist, endocrinologist, dietitian, chiropractor, massage therapist, emergency medicine specialist, sonographer, alternative medicine specialist etc.
  3. c N represents the number of women who answered ‘yes’ to receiving advice in the specific domain of prenatal counselling
  4. *p-value < 0.05 significant