Kontakt 2008, 10(2):360-367 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2008.055

Smoking of women in the period of pregnancy - cultural and regional differences in SlovakiaHealth and Social Sciences

Martina Bašková

Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta v Martine, Ústav nelekárskych študijných programov

The target of the research presented was mapping of the occurrence of smoking tobacco and level of knowledge and standpoints concerning the healthy life style and identification of differences in behavioural and risk factors from the viewpoint of the region (Komárno, Nové Zámky, Martin), nationality (Slovak, Hungarian) and achieved level of education (primary school, secondary school, university).
The group of women examined is a comparative retrospective study from the standpoint of methodology. We monitored and compared three groups of hospitalized women immediately after the delivery in regions of Martin (central Slovakia), Komárno and Nové Zámky (south Slovakia).
The study included 240 respondents from Martin, 363 respondents from Nové Zámky and 261 respondents from Komárno.
In Nové Zámky and Komárno bilingual (Slovak and Hungarian) versions of questionnaires were distributed. In the statistical analysis, the differences were considered at a statistical significance level p ≤ 0.05.
Of the total number of 864 respondents at average age of 26.0 years (SD=4.9; median=25.0 years; modus=25.0 years), 311 were of Hungarian nationality. In Hungarian women, there was a significantly higher representation of those with primary education (p

Keywords: smoking; pregnancy; midwifery

Received: September 15, 2008; Accepted: November 19, 2008; Prepublished online: December 17, 2008; Published: December 17, 2009  Show citation