Protocol - Current Pregnancy Status - Self-Report

Personnel and Training Required

The interviewer must be trained to conduct personal interviews with individuals from the general population. The interviewer must be trained and found to be competent (i.e., tested by an expert) at the completion of personal interviews. The interviewer should be trained to prompt respondents further if a "don’t know" response is provided.

Equipment Needs

The PhenX Working Group acknowledges these questions can be administered in a computerized or noncomputerized format (i.e., paper-and-pencil instrument). Computer software is necessary to develop computer-assisted instruments. The interviewer will require a laptop computer/handheld computer to administer a computer-assisted questionnaire.

Requirements

Requirement Category	Required
Major equipment	No
Specialized training	No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection	No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual	No

Mode of Administration

Interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent, Adult, Pregnancy

Participants

Women ages 12 years and over

Selection Rationale

Current pregnancy status can be a critical inclusion or exclusion criterion to many research protocols. Depending on specific needs and implications, researchers may accept self-report of pregnancy or require a biological sample to test for pregnancy (urine or blood). The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) question on current pregnancy status was chosen as valid source from a major national study.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards

Standard	Name	ID	Source
caDSR Form	PhenX PX240602 - Current Pregnancy Status Selfreport	6930192	caDSR Form

Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Reproductive Health Module, 2007-2008

Source

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH - RHQ Target Group: Female SPs Ages 12+ item: RHQ.143.

General References

Blehar, M. C., Spong, C., Grady, C., Goldkind, S. F., Sahin, L., & Clayton, J. A. (2013). Enrolling pregnant women: Issues in clinical research. Women’s Health Issues, 23(1), e39-e45.

Protocol ID

240602

Variables

Export Variables

Variable Name	Variable ID	Variable Description	dbGaP Mapping
PX240602_Pregnancy_Current_Status
	PX240602010000	{Are you or Is SP} pregnant now?	N/A

Pregnancy

Measure Name

Current Pregnancy Status

Release Date

January 31, 2017

Definition

This measure is used to determine if a woman is currently pregnant or not.

Purpose

A biological assay is the most accurate pregnancy test. It may be important to know whether or not a woman is pregnant prior to some tests (e.g., dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) or to the use of pharmaceutical agents as in a clinical trial. In addition, pregnancy may influence the results of several physical and health measures such as weight, blood pressure, stress, and depression. This measure can also be used to make a determination of whether the subject can be included or excluded from a research study or whether she should be excluded.

Keywords

pregnancy, pregnant, National Children’s Study, NCS, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC

Measure Protocols

Protocol ID	Protocol Name
240601	Current Pregnancy Status - Bioassay
240602	Current Pregnancy Status - Self-Report

Publications

There are no publications listed for this protocol.