蘇格蘭為孕婦提供吸煙測試服務

中國日報網 2013-06-03 13:17

More pregnant woman are trying to give up smoking, according to the Scottish government.

Official figures suggested the number of "quit attempts" rose last year by about 8% to 2,985.

Public Health Minister Michael Matheson claimed better education and cessation services were behind the increase.

He said all pregnant women would be offered carbon monoxide monitoring to measure cigarette smoke exposure, to help target support services.

The service, part of the Scottish Patient Safety Maternity Improvement Programme, will be offered to all women in the early stages of pregnancy and will indicate raised levels of exposure to the gas through either smoking or passive smoking.

Midwives could then refer women to stop smoking support services, as well as providing additional care during the pregnancy if required.

According to the health service, smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day during pregnancy doubles the risk of stillbirth.

It says the risk of cot death increases seven-fold when the mother smokes more than 20 a day.

'Motivated to stop'

Mr Matheson said the rise in quit attempts was encouraging.

He said: "We know that giving up smoking is the single best thing anyone can do to improve their health, and for women who smoke during pregnancy, quitting is key to improving the health of both mother and baby.

"We now want to make sure that all pregnant women are offered carbon monoxide testing early in their pregnancy."

He said the Scottish government was funding a midwifery champion for every territorial NHS Health Board.

Scottish government medical advisor Dr Catherine Calderwood: "Women are more motivated to stop smoking during pregnancy than at any other time in their lives yet in Scotland almost a fifth of pregnant women continue to smoke."

She said the government was funding interventions to support women and encourage partners to quit and to offer increased surveillance of the pregnancy if required.

Last month draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommended women were offered carbon monoxide tests during antenatal appointments and given help to quit if levels were too high.

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據英國BBC6月2日報道：蘇格蘭公共醫療機構預計，幾乎有20%的女性在妊娠期間繼續吸煙。

根據蘇格蘭政府調查，更多的孕婦正試圖戒煙。

官方的數字表示，在2012年，“試圖放棄吸煙”的人數上升了大約8%，達到2985人。

公共衛生部長邁克爾·馬西森（Michael Matheson）稱，在這個數字增長的背后，主要是由更有效的教育以及停止香煙的服務所造成的。

他說道，會向所有的孕婦提供一氧化碳檢驗，測量香煙煙霧量的接觸量，以幫助針對這些孕婦的援助服務。

作為蘇格蘭患者安全分娩的改進方案的一部分，該項服務將提供給所有處于妊娠早期階段的婦女，并顯示，通過直接吸煙或被動吸煙會提高的煙霧接觸等級。

之后，產科醫生會提供向孕婦建議停止吸煙援助服務，并在需要的情況下，會向正處在懷孕期間的婦女提供額外的照顧。

根據公共醫療事業機構顯示，在妊娠期間，每天吸入10根或者以上的香煙將會加倍死產的風險。

該機構稱，當母親每天吸入超過20根香煙時，嬰孩猝死的風險將增加七倍。

“激勵停止吸煙”

西森稱，試圖放棄吸煙的人數增加振奮人心。