Influencia de la educación maternal sobre hábitos tóxicos y uso del servicio de urgencias obstétricas

Objectives

To determine the influence of the women's exposure to maternal education on smoking and the use of obstetric emergency services.

Method

A multicenter observational study was conducted on women whose childbirth was the first in four hospitals in Andalusia (Spain) in 2011. The data were collected through an interview and medical history. The analysis estimated odds ratios and both raw and adjusted averages.

Results

A total of 520 women were studied. Participation in the maternal education program seemed to have no influence on the use of obstetric emergency services (ORa = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.47-1.04) or on changing smoking habits (ORa = 0.84, 95% CI = -0.43-1.68).

Conclusions

Attendance at a maternal education program did not modify smoking. We found no conclusive evidence of the impact of maternal education on the use of emergency obstetric services.