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Health-Related Behaviors of Pregnant Women Residing in Urban and Rural Areas in Poland

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  • Maria Szubert

    (Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, M. Pirogow Teaching Hospital, Wilenska 37 St., 94-029 Lodz, Poland
    Club 35, Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Cybernetyki 7F/87 St., 02-677 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Malwina Ilowiecka

    (Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, M. Pirogow Teaching Hospital, Wilenska 37 St., 94-029 Lodz, Poland)

  • Jacek Wilczynski

    (Clinic of Surgical and Oncologic Gynecology, 1st Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, M. Pirogow Teaching Hospital, Wilenska 37 St., 94-029 Lodz, Poland)

  • Przemyslaw Bilinski

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, State University of Applied Sciences, Kaszubska 16 St., 62-800 Kalisz, Poland)

  • Cezary Wojtyla

    (Club 35, Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Cybernetyki 7F/87 St., 02-677 Warsaw, Poland
    International Prevention Research Institute—Collaborating Centre, State University of Applied Sciences, Kaszubska 16 St., 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
    Department of Oncologic Gynecology and Obstetrics, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Czerniakowska 231 St., 00-416 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge regarding a healthy lifestyle and prophylaxis during pregnancy among women from rural and urban areas and how this changed within a 5-year period. Analyses of the population of pregnant women in Poland were made using a questionnaire survey. The survey was conducted in the years 2010–2012 and 2017. Questionnaires from 6128 pregnant women were collected. The statistical analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS. The examined population was comprised of 41% women from rural areas and 59% women from urban areas. Alcohol consumption was lower among women from rural areas than among urban inhabitants in 2010–2012; in 2017 a trend of even lower consumption was observed. Folic acid supplementation was more broadly developed in the urban population; however, in 2017, higher percentage rates of both populations admitted taking folates before pregnancy. More women in urban than in rural areas performed physical activity during pregnancy, but the differences decreased in 2017. Knowledge of a healthy lifestyle and prophylaxis during pregnancy increased regardless of place of residence; however, the most evident change could be observed among women from rural areas.

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  • Maria Szubert & Malwina Ilowiecka & Jacek Wilczynski & Przemyslaw Bilinski & Cezary Wojtyla, 2020. "Health-Related Behaviors of Pregnant Women Residing in Urban and Rural Areas in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:12:p:4395-:d:373387
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