Temporal evolution of childbirth types in a Northeastern Brazilian state

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Wanderlei Barbosa dos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Amuzza Aylla Pereira dos, Comassetto, Isabel, Santos, José Augustinho Mendes, Acioli, Deborah Moura Novaes, Farias, Mariana Maria Pereira Cintra, Silva, Nathalia Lima da, Lôbo, Ana Luiza Souza de Faria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/24924
• topic: Cesárea; Enfermagem obstétrica; Epidemiologia; Parto normal; Promoção da saúde.; Cesarean section; Obstetric nursing; Epidemiology; Natural childbirth; Health promotion.; Cesárea; Epidemiología; Parto normal; Enfermería obstétrica; Promoción de la salud.

Objective: To analyze the temporal evolution of types of childbirth in a northeastern Brazilian state in the period between 2009 and 2018. Methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive, retrospective, and ecological research, carried out with the Birth Certificates (DNV) of the state from Alagoas reported in the period between 2009 and 2018. Secondary data available in the Information System on Live Births (SINASC), collected in October 2020, were used. Results: 523,005 births were included in the study, 46.1% of which were vaginal delivery and 53 .9% of cesarean sections, when analyzing the maternal sociodemographic data, there was a predominance of the age group from 20 to 29 years old, with schooling from 8 to 11 years and single, presented from 37 to 41 weeks of gestation with more than 7 consultations performed in the pre- Christmas. Conclusion: It was evident that there was a marked increase in cesarean deliveries during the study period, which corroborates the reality found in the country.