Gestational, nutritional characteristics and weight gain of women in the last trimester of pregnancy

• Autor(a) principal: Sampaio, Rafaella Maria Monteiro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Aguiar, Brena Keila Oliveira, Jerônimo, Aliny Lima, Pinto, Francisco José Maia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/5909
• topic: Pregnant women; Nutritional status; Weight gain; Promoção da Saúde; Saúde Coletiva; Nutrição; Gestantes; Estado Nutricional; Ganho de peso

Objectives: To investigate the gestational, nutritional and weight gain characteristics of women in the last trimester of pregnancy.Methodology: A cross-sectional, quantitative study with a descriptive approach was carried out from October 2010 to March 2011 at the Maternity School Assis Chateaubrian (MEAC), Fortaleza/Ceará. Puerperal adults (223) were randomly selected to participate in the study. Data were collected through a semistructured interview, and the following groups of hierarchical variables were investigated: socioeconomic and demographic data, gestational and nutritional data. The univariate data were analyzed in a descriptive way using the frequencies (absolute and percentage) and the parametric measurements (mean and standard deviation).Results: There was a general proportion of young puerperal women 114 (51.1%), aged between 19 and 24 years and the majority 117 (52.5%) were multiparous. Regarding prenatal care, almost all of the 222 women (99.6%) reported having had at least one visit. The nutritional status of mothers before pregnancy, as determined by BMI, shows that eutrophy predominated 168 (75.3%).Conclusions: Efficient monitoring of weight gain during gestation and nutritional care may prevent possible excess or weight deficit at the end of gestation.