Psychosocial and medication interventions to stop or reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy

CONCLUSIONS: Brief psychosocial interventions may increase the rate of continuous abstinence among pregnant women who report alcohol use during pregnancy. Further studies should be conducted to investigate the efficacy and safety of psychosocial interventions and other treatments (e.g. medications) for women with AUD. These studies should provide detailed information on alcohol use before and during pregnancy using consistent measures such as the number of drinks per drinking day. When heterogeneous populations are recruited, more detailed information on alcohol use during pregnancy should be provided to allow future systematic reviews to be conducted. Other important information that would enhance the usefulness of these studies would be the presence of other comorbid conditions such as anxiety, mood disorders, and the use of other psychoactive substances.PMID:38682758 | PMC:PMC11057221 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD015042.pub2
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research