Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil
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Resumo: | Purpose The purpose of this study is to verify the use ofmedicinal plants by pregnant women treated at four Basic Health Units and at a public maternity facility in Brazil s northeast. Methods This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, performed between February and April 2014. The subjects were 178 pregnant women, aged 18 to 42 years. To collect data, a structured questionnaire with dichotomous and multiple choice questions was used. To verify the correlation between the variables, Pearson s chi-square test was used. Results The study showed that 30.9% of the pregnant women used medicinal plants, and boldo was the most cited (35.4%). All the plants utilized, except lemongrass, have toxic effects in pregnancy, according to Resolution SES/RJ N° 1757. There was no statistically significant correlation between social class and use of medicinal plants. Conclusion The health of the study participants and their unborn children is at risk due to the inappropriate use of medicinal plants. |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazilphytotherapypregnancymedicinal plantspeumus boldusfoeniculum vulgaremelissa officinalis Purpose The purpose of this study is to verify the use ofmedicinal plants by pregnant women treated at four Basic Health Units and at a public maternity facility in Brazil s northeast. Methods This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, performed between February and April 2014. The subjects were 178 pregnant women, aged 18 to 42 years. To collect data, a structured questionnaire with dichotomous and multiple choice questions was used. To verify the correlation between the variables, Pearson s chi-square test was used. Results The study showed that 30.9% of the pregnant women used medicinal plants, and boldo was the most cited (35.4%). All the plants utilized, except lemongrass, have toxic effects in pregnancy, according to Resolution SES/RJ N° 1757. There was no statistically significant correlation between social class and use of medicinal plants. Conclusion The health of the study participants and their unborn children is at risk due to the inappropriate use of medicinal plants.Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia2016-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032016000300127Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia v.38 n.3 2016reponame:Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia (Online)instname:Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (FEBRASGO)instacron:FEBRASGO10.1055/s-0036-1580714info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAraújo,Cristina Ruan Ferreira deSantiago,Felipe GomesPeixoto,Marcelo ItalianoOliveira,José Olivandro Duarte deCoutinho,Mayrla de Sousaeng2016-05-05T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0100-72032016000300127Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/rbgohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppublicações@febrasgo.org.br||rbgo@fmrp.usp.br1806-93390100-7203opendoar:2016-05-05T00:00Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia (Online) - Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (FEBRASGO)false |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil Araújo,Cristina Ruan Ferreira de phytotherapy pregnancy medicinal plants peumus boldus foeniculum vulgare melissa officinalis |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Use of Medicinal Plants with Teratogenic and Abortive Effects by PregnantWomen in a City in Northeastern Brazil |
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Araújo,Cristina Ruan Ferreira de |
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Araújo,Cristina Ruan Ferreira de Santiago,Felipe Gomes Peixoto,Marcelo Italiano Oliveira,José Olivandro Duarte de Coutinho,Mayrla de Sousa |
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Santiago,Felipe Gomes Peixoto,Marcelo Italiano Oliveira,José Olivandro Duarte de Coutinho,Mayrla de Sousa |
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Araújo,Cristina Ruan Ferreira de Santiago,Felipe Gomes Peixoto,Marcelo Italiano Oliveira,José Olivandro Duarte de Coutinho,Mayrla de Sousa |
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phytotherapy pregnancy medicinal plants peumus boldus foeniculum vulgare melissa officinalis |
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phytotherapy pregnancy medicinal plants peumus boldus foeniculum vulgare melissa officinalis |
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to verify the use ofmedicinal plants by pregnant women treated at four Basic Health Units and at a public maternity facility in Brazil s northeast. Methods This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study, performed between February and April 2014. The subjects were 178 pregnant women, aged 18 to 42 years. To collect data, a structured questionnaire with dichotomous and multiple choice questions was used. To verify the correlation between the variables, Pearson s chi-square test was used. Results The study showed that 30.9% of the pregnant women used medicinal plants, and boldo was the most cited (35.4%). All the plants utilized, except lemongrass, have toxic effects in pregnancy, according to Resolution SES/RJ N° 1757. There was no statistically significant correlation between social class and use of medicinal plants. Conclusion The health of the study participants and their unborn children is at risk due to the inappropriate use of medicinal plants. |
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