Nutritional knowledge of pregnant women from Kraków. Part 1. General principles of nutrition during pregnancy
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 14, Issue 3
Abstract
[b]Introduction. [/b]Assessment of nutritional knowledge in pregnant women is a very important and still underestimated issue of nutrition science. Monitoring their nutritional knowledge is of vital importance since it is known that imbalanced diet during pregnancy adversely affects foetus development.[b]Aim.[/b] The aim of this study was to assess knowledge about general principles of nutrition during pregnancy in pregnant women from Kraków.[b]Material and methods.[/b] Questionnaires on general principles of nutrition during pregnancy were filled in by 115 pregnant women from 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.[b]Results. [/b]Answers to only one question, concerning attending a school of birth, were statistically significantly different depending on the trimester of pregnancy. No significantly differences were observed in the answers to questions concerning nutritional knowledge. The most correct answers, to seven questions, were given by the women in the third trimester of pregnancy.[b]Conclusions.[/b] The studied pregnant women were characterised by a high level of knowledge about general principles of nutrition during pregnancy. Despite the lack of statistically significant differences, the women in the third trimester of pregnancy had the highest level of knowledge about general principles of nutrition during pregnancy.
Authors and Affiliations
Wojciech Chalcarz, Agnieszka Marzęcka, Sylwia Merkiel, Natalia Popierz-Rydlewska, Renata Godyń-Swędzioł
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