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Socio-demographic and obstetric profile of pregnant women in a public hospital

2017; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15253/2175-6783.2017000200012

ISSN

2175-6783

Autores

Elaine Marcelina Barbosa, Andressa Suelly Saturnino de Oliveira, Dayze Djanira Furtado de Galiza, Valéria Lima de Barros, Valdenici Firmo de Aguiar, Marília Braga Marques,

Tópico(s)

Global Maternal and Child Health

Resumo

Objective: to investigate the sociodemographic and obstetric profile of pregnant women in a public hospital.Methods: descriptive, documentary study with information contained in a record book created based on the Certificate of Live Birth of 323 pregnant women.Results: it was observed that 69.3% of pregnant women were between 20 and 35 years old, 70.0% had elementary school educaiton, 74.3% had a partner, 78.6% were farmers and 8.4% had remunerated activity.51.7% were primiparous, 70.6% had six or more prenatal visits.In the association of variables, it was noticed that mothers between 15 and 19 years of age showed higher index of primiparity (78.6%; p<0.001), the low educational level was related with the increase of children (71.7%; p=0.002) and vaginal delivery (56.9%; p=0.045).Conclusion: it was evident a large percentage of primiparity in adolescents, low educational level among mothers with many children and those who underwent vaginal deliveries.

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