Socio-demographic and obstetric profile of pregnant women in a public hospital
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https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000200012Keywords:
Live Birth, Information Systems, Maternal and Child Health.Abstract
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.Downloads
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2017-06-13
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Barbosa, E. M., Oliveira, A. S. S. de, Galiza, D. D. F. de, Barros, V. L. de, Aguiar, V. F. de, & Marques, M. B. (2017). Socio-demographic and obstetric profile of pregnant women in a public hospital. Rev Rene, 18(2), 227–233. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000200012
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