'Parents to be' The effectiveness of systematic population-based preconception advice and counselling initiated by GP's.
Completed
- Conditions
- Risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcome and adverse outcome itself being: spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, and congenital anomaly.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25143
- Lead Sponsor
- TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, the Netherlands and Department of General Practice and Nursing Home Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
1. BMC Fam Pract. 2006 Jul 7;7:41. <br> 2. BMC Fam Pract. 2006 Nov 3;7:66.<br>
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 4800
Inclusion Criteria
Women aged 18-40.
Exclusion Criteria
Completed family, uterus extirpation, sub-fertility or infertility, insufficient understanding of Dutch, or adverse social circumstances.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of GP-initiated preconception counseling (PCC) on adverse pregnancy outcome. (Spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, congenital anomaly).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of women’s knowledge of risk factors the foetus and the influence of PCC on this knowledge. Prevalence of risk factors, response to invitation of PCC, anxiety induction by invitation or counseling, satisfaction with counseling. Influence of PCC on risk-reducing behavior. GP satisfaction with the systematic PCC program and barriers for implication.