TY - JOUR
T1 - Current screening instruments related to alcohol consumption in pregnancy and a proposed alternative method.
AU - Savage, Christine
AU - Wray, Janet
AU - Ritchey, P. Neal
AU - Sommers, Marilyn
AU - Dyehouse, Janice
AU - Fulmer, Meg
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - Because alcohol is a known teratogenic substance that negatively affects the fetus, screening for alcohol use is included in maternal child texts for nurses. They present no standard screening approach, however. In the general literature, a multitude of screening instruments exist for the purpose of detecting maternal alcohol dependence but few allow the nurse to detect fetal alcohol exposure in the absence of maternal alcohol dependence. After a comparative analysis of existing screening instruments, we concluded that the Timeline Followback method has the most utility as a screening instrument to detect fetal exposure to alcohol. The purpose of this article is to present a critical review of current screening instruments related to alcohol consumption in pregnant women and to propose the use of the Timeline Followback method as the preferred approach.
AB - Because alcohol is a known teratogenic substance that negatively affects the fetus, screening for alcohol use is included in maternal child texts for nurses. They present no standard screening approach, however. In the general literature, a multitude of screening instruments exist for the purpose of detecting maternal alcohol dependence but few allow the nurse to detect fetal alcohol exposure in the absence of maternal alcohol dependence. After a comparative analysis of existing screening instruments, we concluded that the Timeline Followback method has the most utility as a screening instrument to detect fetal exposure to alcohol. The purpose of this article is to present a critical review of current screening instruments related to alcohol consumption in pregnant women and to propose the use of the Timeline Followback method as the preferred approach.
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U2 - 10.1177/0884217503255086
DO - 10.1177/0884217503255086
M3 - Article
C2 - 12903693
AN - SCOPUS:0042384960
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 32
SP - 437
EP - 446
JO - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
JF - Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG
IS - 4
ER -