Santrauka:
Literatūriškai aprašoma folio rūgšties reikšmė tarp rūkančių ir nerūkančių moterų nėštumo metu. Tyrimo metu yra nustatomi folio rūgšties vartojimo ypatumai. Taip pat nustatomos tiriamųjų žinios apie folio rūgšties vartojimo ypatumus. Palyginamos rūkančių ir nerūkančių moterų folio rūgšties vartojimas ir žinios.
Description:
Aim: to reveal the knowledge and use of folic acid during pregnancy between smoking and non-smoking women. Tasks: 1. To present the importance of folic acid consumption among smoking and non-smoking pregnant women. 2. Identify women's knowledge and sources of it about folic acid during pregnancy. 3. Determine the use of folic acid before and during pregnancy. 4. Compare the knowledge about the use of folic acid bitween smokers and non-smokers. The research participants: pregnant women who came to the consultation in Vilnius City X hospital. 74 pregnant women participated in the study. Methodology: Research was organized bitween pregnant women of Vilnius City X Hospital. Questionnaires were distributed to women who volunteered to participate in the study. Research tool - anonymous questionnaire. Results and conclusions: 1. Folic acid is important for the human and the development of the fetus. Its lack can cause fetal malformations and complications of pregnancy. Nerve tube defects are the second most common disorder in the world. All women are advised to take 0,4 mg of folic acid per day for three months prior to conception and for the first trimester of pregnancy. For smokers dose is bigger - 5 mg. 2. Many of the women know that smoking is harmful to the fetus during pregnancy. Women lack information about the use of folic acid before pregnancy and the benefits of this prevention. The general practitioner was the most reliable source of knowledge about folic acid according to subjects. 3. Absolute majority of pregnant women used folic acid. Half of them used folic acid for various reasons before pregnancy. Two-thirds of the respondents felt the wrong opinion that smokers should not take higher doses of folic acid before and during pregnancy. Almost half of the subjects were smokers before pregnancy but did not take higher doses of folic acid. 4. All non-smoking women in the study understand the harm to the fetus caused by smoking. The same level of knowledge was also shown by smokers. Non-smokers showed a significantly improved level of knowledge about the use of folic acid, and twice as much said smokers need higher folic acid levels. Very small proportion of smokers knew, that they should use higher folic acid doses. Comparing the use of smoking and non-smoking folic acid, almost the absolute majority were non-smokers.