Knowledge about iodine requirements during pregnancy and breastfeeding among pregnant women living in Northern Ireland

Table 5 Iodine knowledge studies among pregnant women

Location	Years	No.	Cohort	Knowledge indexes	Scores
Australia Charlton et al [13]	2007–8	139	Pregnant	Identify milk as a source of I	26%
UK Combet et al [12]				Identify milk as a source of I	9%
	2011–2	305	Pregnant	Awareness of I guidance	12%
		721	Postpartum	Confidence to optimise I	28%
UK Ref: [14] Bouga et al				Confidence to optimise I	29%
UK Ref: [14] Bouga et al	2015	48	Perinatal	Iodine awareness	23%
Norway Gardweidner-Holme et al [15]					P	L
	2016	804	Pregnant	Identify milk as a source of I	29%	54%
		175	Lactating	Iodine knowledge score^a	26%	45%
N Ireland				Identify dairy as source of I	9%
N Ireland	current	183	Pregnant	Adequacy of I information	5%

^aSelf-reported on a scale (none: poor: low: medium: high); P Pregnant, L Lactating

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