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

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Elaine Marcelina
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Andressa Suelly Saturnino de, Galiza, Dayze Djanira Furtado de, Barros, Valéria Lima de, Aguiar, Valdenici Firmo de, Marques, Marilia Braga
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19255
• topic: Live Birth; Information Systems; Maternal and Child Health.

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.