Quality of antenatal care and its sociodemographic determinants: results of the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort, Brazil

Table 1 Questionnaire items and the antenatal care card variables

Self-report questionnaire*	Antenatal care card^a*
1. How many antenatal care visits did you have? 2. Did the doctor or nurse measure your weight? (yes/no) 3. Did the doctor or nurse measure your abdomen? (yes/no) 4. Did the doctor or nurse measure your blood pressure? (yes/no) 5. Did the doctor or nurse do the gynecological exam? (yes/no) 6. Did the doctor or nurse take cervical cancer prevention exam? (yes/no) 7. Did the doctor examine your breasts? (yes/no) 8. During your antenatal care, did you get the vaccine for tetanus toxoid or tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)? (Yes, or already vaccinated/no)^b 9. Did the doctor give a medical prescription for anemia (iron)? (yes/no) ^c and 9.1 Did the doctor give a medical prescription for vitamins? (yes/no)	1. Number of antenatal care visits report 2. Weight measurement 3. Symphysis-fundal height measurement 4. Blood pressure measurement 5. Gynecological exam 6. Cervical cancer screening test 7. Breasts exam 8. Record of vaccine for tetanus toxoid or tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)^b 9. Record of iron supplements prescription ^c and record of vitamins / folic acid prescription 10. Height, 11. Fetal heart sounds, 12. Fasting blood glucose test, 13. ABO-Rh test, 14. Hemoglobin test, 15. Urine test, 16. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test, 17. Syphilis test 18. Ultrasound scan 19. Start ANCat the first trimester

^aVariables were recategorized as “yes” if they had at least one record on the card and “no” when there was no record
^bAny doses, booster, or already vaccinated were considered as: “yes”
^cThis question was coupled with the question about medical vitamins/ folic acid prescription
^*For number questions of the 1 to 9.1 were combined both sources and the number questions 10 to 19 were used only of the antenatal card

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