Antenatal care for alcohol consumption during pregnancy: pregnant women’s reported receipt of care and associated characteristics

Table 2 Pregnant women’s reported receipt of assessment and care for maternal alcohol consumption at initial and subsequent antenatal visits

Element of care reportedly received	Initial antenatal visit (N = 473)			Subsequent antenatal visits (N = 890)			Comparison between care at initial and subsequent antenatal visits
Element of care reportedly received	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)^a	p-value
Asked about alcohol consumption	420	88.8	85.63–91.33	127	14.3	12.13–16.72	47.61 (33.82–67.02)	p < 0.001
Assessment (AUDIT-C)	304	64.3	59.95–68.59	69	7.8	6.17–9.70	21.40 (15.71–29.16)	p < 0.001
Advised safest not to consume	299	63.2	58.86–67.56	141	15.8	13.59–18.39	9.13 (7.04–11.83)	p < 0.001
Advised of potential risks	182	38.5	34.09–42.87	187	21.0	18.46–23.81	2.35 (1.84–3.01)	p < 0.001
Complete advice (safest not to consume and potential risks)	166	35.1	30.79–39.40	78	8.8	7.08–10.80	5.63 (4.17–7.59)	p < 0.001
Referral offered or followed up^b	1	50.0	0.00–100.00	0	0.0	0.00–0.00	–	–
Complete care (complete advice and referral offered or followed up)	165	34.9	30.58–39.18	77	8.7	6.98–10.68	5.66 (4.19–7.64)	p < 0.001
All guideline elements (assessment, complete advice and referral offered or followed up)	132	27.9	23.86–31.95	34	3.8	2.75–5.29	9.75 (6.55–14.50)	p < 0.001

^aSubsequent visit as Referent
^bLimited to women who reported in the survey that they had consumed alcohol at medium or high risk of harm levels since pregnancy recognition (AUDIT-C score ≥ 3) (Initial antenatal visit n = 2; Subsequent visit n = 4). Not included in ‘comparison between care at initial and subsequent antenatal visits’ p-value test due to small sample size

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