Health-Related Quality of Life Among Pregnant Women With Pre-pregnancy Smoking and Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy in China: National Cross-sectional Study

• Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e29718
• Main Authors: Hu, Kadi, Zou, Shiqian, Zhang, Casper JP, Wu, Huailiang, Akinwunmi, Babatunde, Wang, Zilian, Ming, Wai-Kit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 24.01.2022
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; Cigarettes; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gestational age; Health surveillance; Humans; Mental depression; Mental health; Original Paper; Passive smoking; Pregnancy; Pregnant Women; Public health; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Smoking - epidemiology; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco; Variables; Womens health; China; smoking status; pre-pregnancy smoking; health-related quality of life; pregnant women

Previous studies have hardly explored the influence of pre-pregnancy smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of pregnant women, which is a topic that need to be addressed. In addition, pregnant women in China constitute a big population in the lar...