Clinical analysis of the delivery date reckoned by traditional and modified formula for calculating the expected date of confinement / 解放军医学杂志

Objective To analyze the difference of the delivery date reckoned by traditional and modified formula for calculating the expected date of confinement (EDC).Methods The data of 2055 women (37-41+6 week) were collected who gave monotocousa term spontaneous birth in the Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children from Jan.2014 to Feb.2015.Of which 1300 were primipara,and 755 were multipara;and the data of 1224 women (39-41week) were collected,of which 832 were primipara,and 392 were multipara.The expected date was calculated with traditional and modified calculating formula,and then the actual delivery date was used for comparison and statistical analysis.Results The coincidence of actual delivery date with the estimated due date reckoned by traditional formula (39-41week) was 8.4％ in primipara and 9.7％ in multipara,and the coincidence reckoned by modified formula was 11.9％ in primipara and 14.8％ in multipara.The EDC estimated by modified formula was more precise than that calculated by traditional formula (P＜0.05).Conclusion The EDC calculated with modified formula is more accurate than that calculated with traditional formula.

Analysis on influencing factors of health seeking behavior of delivery women in Guangdong province / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ObjectiveTo explore the influencing factors of health seeking behavior of delivery women in Guangdong province.MethodsStratified random sampling method was used,and 1491 delivery women from primary,secondary and tertiary hospitals were investigated with self-made maternal health seeking behavior questionnaire.Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the impact of environmental factors and population characteristics on health seeking behavior.ResultsDelivery women with qualified health seeking behavior account for 83.4%.Present pregnancy was planned (OR=2.114),prenatal examination was needed when self-feeling good (OR=2.323),social medical insurance system was socialized medicine (OR=2.755) or medical insurance (OR=1.697),hospital level of secondary hospital (OR=1.568) or tertiary hospital (OR=1.800) were independent positive influencing factors of health seeking behavior.ConclusionThe qualified rate of health seeking behavior of delivery women in Guangdong province is low.Delivery women with the following characteristics of low educational level,low family income,uninsured,coming from rural area and delivery in primary hospital need to be guided scientifically at seeking for health.