Cumulative prevalence of biological and social risk factors at birth in a city in São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: da Cruz,Aline Adryane Morishigue Bássiga
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: dos Santos,Lucas Cardoso, Minharro,Michelle Cristine de Oliveira, Aguiar Alencar,Rúbia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342022000100428
• topic: Primary Health Care; Infant, Postmature; Risk Factors

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the cumulative prevalence of biological and social risk factors at birth. Method: a cross-sectional study, with retrospective data collection, carried out with live births in a medium-sized city, from January 2018 to July 2020. A database was used with information aimed at identifying social and biological risks after birth, assessed descriptively. Results: the sample consisted of 4,480 newborns, of which 78.9% were classified as at usual risk, and 21.1% as at risk. The cumulative prevalence showed that most newborns had more than one risk factor, with biological risks being the most prominent: need for admission to Intensive Care Unit, birth with less than 37 weeks of gestation and weight less than 2,500 g. Among the social risks, the following stand out: newborns who had a dead sibling aged less than 5 years old; head of family without income; mothers under 16 years old and who did not undergo prenatal care. The biological risk rate was 7.39 times higher than the social risk rate. Conclusion: the cumulative prevalence of the risks found was significant, with a considerable part of the sample presenting some biological risk.