This cross-sectional study will try to give answers to the following project aims: * To provide an overview of the prevalence of health products' use among Belgian pregnant women (prescription and OTC medication, vitamin supplements, phyto-therapeutics, dermatologic products), including where pregnant women buy or get their health products (online web survey). * To document women's beliefs about medication during pregnancy and their information desire (online web survey). * To determine the current vitamin status among pregnant women and to reveal clinical targets for supplementing deficiencies in this population (blood sample analysis). The study will be performed at the obstetrics department of the University Hospitals of Leuven (campus Gasthuisberg). We aim to include 300 pregnant women (100 per trimester), of which 150 women will be asked to determine their vitamin status (50 per trimester).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
381
Haemoglobin, RBC count + hematocrits, thrombocytes count, folate (serum), vitamin B12, WBC count, ferritin, iron (serum), transferrin % and saturation, TSH, T4, free glucose, LDH, ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin (total), CRP, albumin, total protein, ureum, uric acid, creating, calcium (total), 25-hydroxy vitamin D, Na, K, Mg
Medication and supplement use among Belgian pregnant women
Percentage of women who have taken a health product during the last 7 days - Overview of the health products used by pregnant women
Time frame: Completion of a questionnaire during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age
Vitamin deficiencies among Belgian pregnant women
Analysis of a blood sample
Time frame: One blood sample during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age
Medication beliefs among Belgian pregnant women
Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) (R. Horne, H. Nordeng)
Time frame: Completion of a questionnaire during pregnancy: between 8-12weeks or 24-32weeks gestational age
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