The female participant is first asked how many pregnancies she has had. If none, the protocol is complete. For each pregnancy she reports, she is asked a series of questions (e.g., whether pregnancy was a live birth, how long the pregnancy lasted, when did the pregnancy end, whether the participant had frequent nausea or vomiting). The participant is also asked about smoking and drinking during pregnancy. Female: If the participant answers with a number greater than zero to question 1, the interviewer should complete the rest of the protocol. If the participant answers "none" then the protocol is deemed complete. For question 3 (gestational age) the WG notes that a term pregnancy is 40 weeks. As noted above, this measure can also be used for estimating certain in utero exposures if the research subject is an infant. In that instance, the questions would be asked of the mother regarding her exposures to smoking and alcohol while pregnant with this child. The PhenX Working Group recommends that for that purpose, use only questions 3-15 and only for that pregnancy. For Question 4 interviewer should supply the respondent with a calendar. The PhenX Reproductive Health Working Group (WG) added the word "preeclampsia" to question 7 so that it now reads, "Preeclampsia/Toxemia." The PhenX Reproductive Health Working Group notes that for question 7, vaginal bleeding is a common, potentially important complication and should be asked specifically in 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd trimester. The WG removed the WISH question regarding pregnancy weight gain as it is included in the PhenX Toolkit, Anthropometric measure (Pregnancy Weight Gain). The original text for question 15 was placed below to provide toolkit users with its original format:
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
PhenX - reproductive history - female protocol 101301
property
-
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
^Patient
scale
-
method
PhenX
Additional Names
short name
Hx; Pan; Panel; PANEL.PHENX; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Reproductive history female proto
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