Risk factors for preterm birth in a state seminal maternity hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Bruna Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Aguiar, Ananda Madeira Moura Fé, Lavôr, Tassio Breno de Sousa Lopes, Rocha, Maria Eliane Martins Oliveira da, Araújo, Kleiton Richard da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/20476
• topic: Premature Birth; Risk Factors; Nurcing; Nascimento Prematuro; Fatores de Risco; Enfermagem

Objective: To analyze the presence of risk factors for premature birth in women from a state seminal Maternity Hospital. Methods: The research is a descriptive exploratory field study within a quantitative approach. It was developed in a state seminal Maternity Hospital located in the city of Teresina, PI. It had as research participants 57 women who had their premature births between the months of April and May in 2014. The data collection took place after approval by the local Ethics in Research Committee, with information obtained through interviews with mothers, besides the records evaluation on their deliveries, contained in their medical records. Afterwards, the data was analyzed, typed, and tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2010, which is a data processing and statistical analysis tool. Results: Regarding the profile: 35.9% had between 19 and 25 years old; 78.94% were married in a stable relationship; 26.30% did not finish Middle School; 50.90 % were house workers, and 59.60% had incomes three times the minimum wage. Concerning to the clinical history: 61.40% were primiparous; 12.28% had already had preview preterm delivery , and 14.03% had prior abortion; 36.84% had high blood pressure during pregnancy; 31.57% had bacteriuria; and 19.29% had metrorrhagia after the 12ᵗʰ week of pregnancy. There was also the presence of pathologies frequently found in mothers who had their newborns premature, such as: pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, oligohydramnious, premature amnniorrexe, premature placenta removal, and vulvovaginitis. Conclusions: The study showed that the preterm birth occurs frequently among young women in stable marital situation, who do not work outside their homes or have low incomes. Another point was the presence of preview preterm birth or prior abortion, besides problems as bacteriuria, metrorrhagia, hypertension, and other diseases that could have had better monitoring, what would reduce the risk of premature birth.