Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile
Background: Wheat flour in Chile is fortified with folie acid and pregnant women are also supplemented with the vitamin, but the population level of knowledge or awareness about this vitamin and its use by pregnant women is unknown. Aim: To assess the level of knowledge that postpartum women from Sa...
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oai:scielo:S0034-988720070012000082014-01-06Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de ChilePardo V,Rosa ALay-Son R,GuillermoAranda Ch,WaldoDib M,MartínEspina M,PabloMuñoz K,María JMuñoz B,PilarNavarrete C,María FOjeda M,Natalia VParra,JorgeRebolledo D,Cristian ARecabal G,PedroTenhamm T,Tamara Abnormalities Folie acid Nervous system malformations Background: Wheat flour in Chile is fortified with folie acid and pregnant women are also supplemented with the vitamin, but the population level of knowledge or awareness about this vitamin and its use by pregnant women is unknown. Aim: To assess the level of knowledge that postpartum women from Santiago de Chile have about folie acid. Material and methods: A questionnaire about folie acid and its efects on the prevention of neural tube defects was developed adapting questionnaires designed abroad. It was applied by medical students to puerperal women, hospitalized in public hospitals. Results: The questionnaire was applied to 342 women aged 26 ± 7 years. Sixty one percent were housewives and 55% completed high school education. Forty seven percent of these women had heard about folie acid, 9.6% knew that it was able to prevent congenital defects and only one received an adequate supplementation during pregnancy. Women aged 25 to 34 years and those with an adequate medical care during pregnancy had a significantly better knowledge about folie acid and its role in the prevention of congenital anormalies. The more commom means to receive information about folie acid were midwifes (34%), mass media (28%) and doctors (20%). Two hundred eleven women (62%) agreed to take folie acid in a future gestation and 58% preferred to do so using fortified foods. Conclusions: Post partum women from Santiago have a poor knowledge about the relevance of folie acid supplementationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.12 20072007-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007001200008es10.4067/S0034-98872007001200008 |
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Abnormalities Folie acid Nervous system malformations Pardo V,Rosa A Lay-Son R,Guillermo Aranda Ch,Waldo Dib M,Martín Espina M,Pablo Muñoz K,María J Muñoz B,Pilar Navarrete C,María F Ojeda M,Natalia V Parra,Jorge Rebolledo D,Cristian A Recabal G,Pedro Tenhamm T,Tamara Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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Background: Wheat flour in Chile is fortified with folie acid and pregnant women are also supplemented with the vitamin, but the population level of knowledge or awareness about this vitamin and its use by pregnant women is unknown. Aim: To assess the level of knowledge that postpartum women from Santiago de Chile have about folie acid. Material and methods: A questionnaire about folie acid and its efects on the prevention of neural tube defects was developed adapting questionnaires designed abroad. It was applied by medical students to puerperal women, hospitalized in public hospitals. Results: The questionnaire was applied to 342 women aged 26 ± 7 years. Sixty one percent were housewives and 55% completed high school education. Forty seven percent of these women had heard about folie acid, 9.6% knew that it was able to prevent congenital defects and only one received an adequate supplementation during pregnancy. Women aged 25 to 34 years and those with an adequate medical care during pregnancy had a significantly better knowledge about folie acid and its role in the prevention of congenital anormalies. The more commom means to receive information about folie acid were midwifes (34%), mass media (28%) and doctors (20%). Two hundred eleven women (62%) agreed to take folie acid in a future gestation and 58% preferred to do so using fortified foods. Conclusions: Post partum women from Santiago have a poor knowledge about the relevance of folie acid supplementation |
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Pardo V,Rosa A Lay-Son R,Guillermo Aranda Ch,Waldo Dib M,Martín Espina M,Pablo Muñoz K,María J Muñoz B,Pilar Navarrete C,María F Ojeda M,Natalia V Parra,Jorge Rebolledo D,Cristian A Recabal G,Pedro Tenhamm T,Tamara |
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Pardo V,Rosa A Lay-Son R,Guillermo Aranda Ch,Waldo Dib M,Martín Espina M,Pablo Muñoz K,María J Muñoz B,Pilar Navarrete C,María F Ojeda M,Natalia V Parra,Jorge Rebolledo D,Cristian A Recabal G,Pedro Tenhamm T,Tamara |
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Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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Conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en Santiago de Chile |
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conocimiento sobre el ácido fólico en la prevención de defectos de cierre del tubo neural: una encuesta a mujeres que viven en santiago de chile |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago |
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2007 |
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