Women’s Health Weekly
Thursday, June 4, 2015 – 00:01 UTC -0400
Researchers at Pedag University Have Reported New Data on Pregnancy (Using a single binge drinking question to identify Russian women at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy)
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women’s Health Weekly — Fresh data on Women’s Health are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Low rates of contraception and at-risk drinking place many Russian women at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP). The only realistic way to determine when women are at risk of AEP is by self-reports. A U.S. study found that a single binge-drinking question (SBD) effectively identified nearly all women whose drinking placed them at risk of AEP.”
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Pedag University, “The present study replicated the U.S. Participants were 689 non-pregnant Russian women of childbearing age who were at AEP risk. Their answers to SBD, ‘During the previous three months, how often did you have four or more drinks on one occasion’, were compared with their reports of binge drinking on a 90-day Timeline Followback (TLFB) calendar. The SBD identified 99% of at-risk Russian women as binge drinkers, replicating U.S. Only 8% of the women were identified at-risk using a second AEP criterion of >= 8 drinks on average per week. Although Russian women did not report heavy weekly drinking and two-thirds did not meet AUDIT criteria for problem drinking, when they did drink, 40% of the time it was binge drinking. Almost all Russian women who were at risk of an AEP were identified by a single binge-drinking question. Results from this study suggest that Russian health care practitioners can use SBD to successfully screen women for AEP risk. SBD identified 99% of Russian women who were at AEP risk.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Consequently, it is recommended that SBD be incorporated into routine health care screenings at OB/GYN clinic visits.”