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Perceived and measured weight changes during adolescent pregnancy
F M Biro1, B Wiley-Kroner, D Whitsett
1Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Study Objectives:
This study examines the accuracy of recalled gestational weight gain and maximum weight gain during pregnancy and evaluates which factors have an impact on those estimates.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting:
Adolescent pregnancy clinic in an urban hospital.
Subjects:
Forty postpartum adolescents were recruited. Half the subjects were evaluated within 6 months postpartum, and half were seen over the next 9 months.
Main Outcome Measures:
Months postpartum, intrapartum weight gain documented in chart, maximum weight documented in chart, recalled intrapartum weight gain, recalled maximum weight; differences between chart-documented and recalled weight gain and maximum weight.
Results:
Self-documented and documented weight gain and maximum intrapartum weights were highly correlated (Pearson r = .99), although those at highest weight tended to underestimate their weight gain and maximum weight.
Conclusions:
Adolescents are able to reliably recall weight gain and maximum weight during pregnancy.