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Antenatal health questionnaire to identify "mothers with emotional disturbances" as a potential risk group
U L Nordström1, J H Dallas, H G Morton
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland.
An important task in antenatal care is to identify mothers at risk during pregnancy, with the aim of minimizing morbidity and mortality. This paper describes the outcome of a health questionnaire distributed antenatally to 2086 primigravidae during the Tayside Infant Morbidity and Mortality Study 1980-81. The aim of this study was to test a health questionnaire, known to identify mothers with emotional disturbances, and investigate the outcome of their pregnancies. Two hundred and thirty-eight mothers (11.4%) had a 'positive' score in this study. This rather small group of women had a significantly higher incidence of psycho-social risk factors. The questionnaire return rate was high, more than 99%, suggesting that such a questionnaire could be used as a screening instrument to identify 'risk mothers'.
An important task in antenatal care is to identify mothers at risk during pregnancy, with the aim of minimizing morbidity and mortality. This paper describes the outcome of a health questionnaire distributed antenatally to 2086 primigravidae during the Tayside Infant Morbidity and Mortality Study 1980-81. The aim of this study was to test a health questionnaire, known to identify mothers with emotional disturbances, and investigate the outcome of their pregnancies. Two hundred and thirty-eight mothers (11.4%) had a 'positive' score in this study. This rather small group of women had a significantly higher incidence of psycho-social risk factors. The questionnaire return rate was high, more than 99%, suggesting that such a questionnaire could be used as a screening instrument to identify 'risk mothers'.