Knowledge regarding teratogens among women of childbearing age at a large tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To investigate the knowledge of Saudi women regarding the teratogenic effects of environmental agents such as fever, some chronic conditions and medications and its association with certain socio-demographic factors.

Materials And Methods: A survey based cross-sectional study was conducted on 315 Saudi women of childbearing age visiting OB/GYN clinics at a large tertiary care centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Knowledge of subjects on teratogenic risk of common entities was measured and nonparametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to associate knowledge score with various predictors.