Female—alcohol consumption frequency in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 12/12/2018

Perinatal

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Dawson D, Grant B, Stinson F & Zhou Y 2005. Effectiveness of the derived Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) in screening for alcohol use disorders and risk drinking in the US general population. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research 29(5): 844–854.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 0   Never

Record if a female did not consume alcohol in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CODE 1   Monthly or less

Record if a female consumed alcohol monthly or less in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CODE 2   2–4 times a month

Record if a female consumed alcohol 2 to 4 times a month in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CODE 3   2–3 times a week

Record if a female consumed alcohol 2 to 3 times a week in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CODE 4   4 or more times a week

Record if a female consumed alcohol 4 or more times a week in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

CODE 9   Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

This data element is self-reported.

Recommended question: 'How often did you have a drink containing alcohol in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy?', where the first 20 weeks of pregnancy is defined as less than or equal to 19 weeks + 6 days.

To ensure consistency of results, this data element should be collected after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Relational attributes