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. 2012 Jun;33(2):86-94.
doi: 10.1590/s1983-14472012000200013.

[Maternal risk factors for premature births in a public maternity hospital in Imperatriz-MA]

[Article in Portuguese]
Adriana Carvalho de Almeida  1 , Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus, Pamylla Fortes Tanikawa Lima, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Thiago Moura de Araújo
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[Maternal risk factors for premature births in a public maternity hospital in Imperatriz-MA]

[Article in Portuguese]
Adriana Carvalho de Almeida et al. Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Despite advances in obstetrics, prematurity is still a major public health problem because of the neonatal morbidity and mortality it causes. The objective of this study was to investigate maternal risk factorsfor premature births in a public maternity in the city of Imperatriz-MA. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with 116 mothers, through structured interviews. The data were analyzed using Epi-Info version 3.5.1. The variables that showed statistically significant association with preterm delivery were monthly income below two minimum wages (p = 0.046), stress during pregnancy (p = 0.027), primiparity (p = 0.044), absent or inadequate prenatal care (p <0.001) and clinical complications in pregnancy (p<0.001). The results show that the maternal risk factors implicated in prematurity are related mainly with lifestyle, socioeconomic and clinical variables, and prenatal care.

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