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Risk during pregnancy--self-report versus medical record
Tay K McNamara1, E John Orav, Louise Wilkins-Haug
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Objective:
This study was undertaken to compare the frequencies with which physicians and patients report medical and behavioral risk factors during pregnancy, with particular attention to identification of women at risk for prenatal alcohol use.
Study Design:
The sample included 278 women, drawn from a randomized trial of T-ACE (alcohol screening questionnaire) positive pregnant women receiving obstetric care. Medical records and participants' self-reports were available for comparison.
Results:
Physicians identified only 10.8% of women recognized as at risk for alcohol consumption by the T-ACE screening measure. In contrast, the physicians' records were more inclusive for medical risk factors than the participant's self-reports. Physicians were significantly more likely to correctly identify nonwhite participants as being at risk for prenatal alcohol use (odds ratio = 3.59, P = .026), compared with their white counterparts.
Conclusion:
Self-report on the T-ACE questionnaire is more effective than medical records in identifying women at risk for prenatal alcohol use.
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