TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and risk factors of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among pregnant women in Mongolia
AU - Hikita, Naoko
AU - Haruna, Megumi
AU - Matsuzaki, Masayo
AU - Sasagawa, Emi
AU - Murata, Minoru
AU - Oidovsuren, Otgontogoo
AU - Yura, Ariunaa
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was carried out as a baseline survey of “The Health Improvement Project for Life-style Related Diseases in Darkhan-Uul Aimag, Mongolia,” conducted by the Mito Saiseikai General Hospital with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Partnership Program. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan (No. 10934) and the Ethical Review Board of the Ministry of Health, Mongolia (No. 06, November 19, 2015). Participation was emphasized as voluntary, and written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. This study’s protocol complied with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki22. All data were analyzed anonymously, and participants’ other identifying information was removed before analysis.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the JICA Partnership Program and Research Assistant Program from the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo. We are grateful to all of the pregnant women who participated in our study, and Battsengel Buyannemekh and Enkhjargal Sodnomdarjaa at the Mongolian Health Agency for their coordination.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of smoking and secondhand smoking (SHS) among pregnant women in Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia, using urinary cotinine (UC) levels, and clarified the factors related to SHS exposure. It targeted pregnant women who underwent antenatal health check-ups from november 2015 to January 2016. Self-administered questionnaires and urine samples were used to collect data. Using UC levels as the criterion, it was found that the prevalence of smokers (>100 ng/ml) among 493 pregnant women was 11.8%, while SHS exposure (≥5 ng/ml) among nonsmokers was 44.8%. Older and highly educated women had lower odds of SHS exposure (p = 0.006 and 0.002, respectively). Furthermore, nonsmoking pregnant women from homes where smoking was permitted had higher odds of SHS exposure compared to women from homes where smoking was not permitted. These results suggest that community guidance programs, such as home smoking cessation that include families, are necessary.
AB - This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of smoking and secondhand smoking (SHS) among pregnant women in Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia, using urinary cotinine (UC) levels, and clarified the factors related to SHS exposure. It targeted pregnant women who underwent antenatal health check-ups from november 2015 to January 2016. Self-administered questionnaires and urine samples were used to collect data. Using UC levels as the criterion, it was found that the prevalence of smokers (>100 ng/ml) among 493 pregnant women was 11.8%, while SHS exposure (≥5 ng/ml) among nonsmokers was 44.8%. Older and highly educated women had lower odds of SHS exposure (p = 0.006 and 0.002, respectively). Furthermore, nonsmoking pregnant women from homes where smoking was permitted had higher odds of SHS exposure compared to women from homes where smoking was not permitted. These results suggest that community guidance programs, such as home smoking cessation that include families, are necessary.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-017-16643-4
DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-16643-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 29180653
AN - SCOPUS:85035328079
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 7
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
IS - 1
M1 - 16426
ER -