Institute of Medicine 2009 Gestational Weight Gain Guideline Knowledge: Survey of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Family Medicine Residents of the United States
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
pregnancy, weight gain, counseling
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12061
Abstract
Background: In 2009, the Institute of Medicine revised gestational weight gain recommendations; revisions included body mass index (BMI) category cut-point changes and provision of range of gain for obese women. Our objective was to examine resident prenatal caregivers' knowledge of revised guidelines.
Methods: Anonymous electronic survey of obstetrics/gynecology and family medicine residents across the United States from January to April 2010.
Results: Overall, 660 completed the survey; 79 percent female and 69 percent aged between 21 and 30. When permitted to select ≥ 1 response, 87.0 percent reported using BMI to assess weight status at initial visits, 44.4 percent reported using “clinical impression based on patient appearance,” and 1.4 percent reported not using any parameters. When asked the most important baseline parameter for providing recommendations, 35.8 percent correctly identified prepregnancy BMI, 2.1 percent reported “I don't provide guidelines,” and 4.5 percent reported “I do not discuss gestational weight gain.” Among respondents, 57.6 percent reported not being aware of new guidelines. Only 7.6 percent selected correct BMI ranges for each category, and only 5.8 percent selected correct gestational weight gain ranges. Only 2.3 percent correctly identified both BMI cutoffs and recommended.
Conclusions: Guideline knowledge is the foundation of accurate counseling, yet resident prenatal caregivers were minimally aware of the 2009 Institute of Medicine gestational weight gain guidelines almost a year after their publication.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Birth, v. 40, issue 4, p. 237-246
Scholar Commons Citation
Simas, Tiffany A.; Waring, Molly E.; Sullivan, Gina M.; Liao, Xun; Rosal, Milagros C.; Hardy, Janet R.; and Berry, Robert E. Jr, "Institute of Medicine 2009 Gestational Weight Gain Guideline Knowledge: Survey of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Family Medicine Residents of the United States" (2013). Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty Publications. 41.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/epb_facpub/41
