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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 16:296-303 (2003)
© 2003 American Board of Family Practice

Characteristics of Mothers Who Have Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Some Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Valborg L. Kvigne, MBA, Gary R. Leonardson, PhD, Joseph Borzelleca, MD, MPH, Ellen Brock, MD, MPH, Martha Neff-Smith, PhD, MPH, RN and Thomas K. Welty, MD, MPH

From the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service (VLK, TKW), Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Rapid City, SD; Mountain Plains Research (GRL), Bozeman, Mont; Virginia Commonwealth University (JB), (EB) Richmond; and Binghamton University (MNS), Binghamton, NY

Correspondence: Reprint requests should be addressed to Thomas K. Welty, MD, 5950 East Jeremy Lane, Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Background: Health care providers can more effectively prevent fetal alcohol syndrome and prenatal alcohol exposure if they know more about mothers who have children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or some characteristics of FAS.

Methods: We conducted two retrospective case-control studies of Northern Plains Indian children with FAS and some characteristics of FAS diagnosed from 1981 to 1993 by using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), code 760.71. We compared mothers who had children with FAS or some characteristics of FAS with mothers who had children that did not have FAS.

Results: Compared with control mothers, 43 mothers who had children with FAS and 35 mothers who had children with some characteristics of FAS were older, had fewer prenatal visits, more pregnancies, more mental health problems, and more injuries (both total and alcohol-related). Although the prevalence of drinking was high in both case and control mothers, case mothers had more alcohol-related medical problems, drank heavily, in binges, and daily more often than control mothers.

Conclusions: Women with injuries and mental health problems should be screened for substance use. Mothers of children with FAS or of some characteristics of FAS have numerous needs that must be addressed to prevent future prenatal alcohol exposure.




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