Table 6.

Awareness of pregnant women of risk factors for healthy infant development (contact with midwife).

Risk factors	Contact with midwife in course
	Yes		No		Pearson’s χ2 test
proportion of YES responses	Count	Percent	Count	Percent	p-value
Large or small weight gain in pregnancy	87	62.6	121	54.8	0.309
Obesity of mother	128	92.1	173	78.3	0.034
Malnutrition of mother	139	100.0	195	88.2	0.012
Non-acceptance of pregnancy	125	89.9	162	73.3	0.020
Smoking during pregnancy	139	100.0	200	90.5	<0.001
Partner’s smoking at home	136	97.8	178	80.5	0.019
Lack of physical activity	104	78.2	131	59.3	0.015
Huge physical load	134	94.4	184	83.3	0.205
Mother’s negative emotions (anger, rage, fear)	126	89.4	161	72.9	0.017
Mother’s stress	139	100.0	192	86.9	0.031
Reduction diet or non-consulted vegetarian diet	128	90.8	173	78.3	0.083
Alcohol consumption (of any amount)	131	92.3	181	81.9	0.337
Higher amount of coffee/caffeine	125	89.3	167	75.6	0.192
Illegal drugs	139	100.0	208	94.1	0.136
Workload, including prolonged standing at work (more than 2 hours)	101	75.4	147	66.5	0.647
Lack of knowledge about risks for infant’s development	103	74.6	141	63.8	0.331
Lack of rest and sleep	122	89.7	164	74.2	0.033