Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data.
<h4>Background</h4>Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, our primary aim was to assess the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and investigate whet...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, our primary aim was to assess the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and investigate whether completeness varied with women's characteristics. As a secondary aim we assessed whether completeness of recording varied before and after the introduction of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).<h4>Methods</h4>In The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database we calculated the proportion of pregnancies ending in live births or stillbirths where there was a recording of maternal smoking status for each year from 2000 to 2009. Logistic regression was used to assess variation in the completeness of maternal smoking recording by maternal characteristics, before and after the introduction of QOF.<h4>Results</h4>Women had a record of smoking status during the gestational period in 28% of the 277,552 pregnancies identified. In 2000, smoking status was recorded in 9% of pregnancies, rising to 43% in 2009. Pregnant women from the most deprived group were 17% more likely to have their smoking status recorded than pregnant women from the least deprived group before QOF implementation (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.10-1.25) and 42% more likely afterwards (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.37-1.47). A diagnosis of asthma was related to recording of smoking status during pregnancy in both the pre-QOF (OR 1.63, 95% CI 1.53-1.74) and post-QOF periods (OR 2.08, 95% CI 2.02-2.15). There was no association between having a diagnosis of diabetes and recording of smoking status during pregnancy pre-QOF however, post-QOF diagnosis of diabetes was associated with a 12% increase in recording of smoking status (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.05-1.19).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Recording of smoking status during pregnancy in primary care data is incomplete though has improved over time, especially after the implementation of the QOF, and varies by maternal characteristics and QOF-incentivised morbidities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-84764b889e78494ba33248f4e89631ca2025-08-20T03:11:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0189e7221810.1371/journal.pone.0072218Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data.Nafeesa N DhalwaniLaila J TataTim ColemanKate M FlemingLisa Szatkowski<h4>Background</h4>Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, our primary aim was to assess the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and investigate whether completeness varied with women's characteristics. As a secondary aim we assessed whether completeness of recording varied before and after the introduction of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).<h4>Methods</h4>In The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database we calculated the proportion of pregnancies ending in live births or stillbirths where there was a recording of maternal smoking status for each year from 2000 to 2009. Logistic regression was used to assess variation in the completeness of maternal smoking recording by maternal characteristics, before and after the introduction of QOF.<h4>Results</h4>Women had a record of smoking status during the gestational period in 28% of the 277,552 pregnancies identified. In 2000, smoking status was recorded in 9% of pregnancies, rising to 43% in 2009. Pregnant women from the most deprived group were 17% more likely to have their smoking status recorded than pregnant women from the least deprived group before QOF implementation (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.10-1.25) and 42% more likely afterwards (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.37-1.47). A diagnosis of asthma was related to recording of smoking status during pregnancy in both the pre-QOF (OR 1.63, 95% CI 1.53-1.74) and post-QOF periods (OR 2.08, 95% CI 2.02-2.15). There was no association between having a diagnosis of diabetes and recording of smoking status during pregnancy pre-QOF however, post-QOF diagnosis of diabetes was associated with a 12% increase in recording of smoking status (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.05-1.19).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Recording of smoking status during pregnancy in primary care data is incomplete though has improved over time, especially after the implementation of the QOF, and varies by maternal characteristics and QOF-incentivised morbidities.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072218 |
| spellingShingle | Nafeesa N Dhalwani Laila J Tata Tim Coleman Kate M Fleming Lisa Szatkowski Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. PLoS ONE |
| title | Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. |
| title_full | Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. |
| title_fullStr | Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. |
| title_short | Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data. |
| title_sort | completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in united kingdom primary care data |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072218 |
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