Epidemiological profile of pregnant women in primary health care

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the epidemiological profile of pregnant women attending in the Jardim Botânico Basic Health Unit (UBS) in the municipality of Sinop, Mato Grosso, which had estimated date of delivery until January 2017. The epidemiological profile allowed the establishment of relevant information to identify possible gestational problems, list social conditions that could negatively influence the pregnancy, identify possible gestational risk factors and the main complaints of this population. The research is descriptive, with quantitative approach. Twenty women with 18 or more years of age treated at UBS Jardim Botânico were included in the study, regardless of the obstetric histories, who were enrolled in SISPRÉ-NATAL and who agreed to participate in the study. The data collection was done through a semi-structured questionnaire with closed-ended and open-ended questions, and performed individually or with the presence of the life partner, during pre-scheduled interviews that were carried out in the health unit or in a place indicated by the pregnant woman. The quantitative data obtained during the study were analyzed, structured in spreadsheets and graphs through the programs Microsoft Office Excel and Word 2010. To begin the collecting data, authorization was requested to the Ethics Committee of the HUJM, being approved under assessment number 1.868.048, according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Participants signed the Informed Consent Form, ensuring anonymity, confidentiality of the data collected, right to back off without any loss and authorization of data access for the researcher. The study shows that the main complaints among pregnant women were nausea, anxiety, lower belly pain, headache not associated with high blood pressure, constipation and heartburn. Menarche on average occurred at age 12 and the onset of sexual intercourse at 16 years. Most of them were using oral contraceptives and were primigravidae. The highest incidence in previous pregnancies was normal delivery, and most of them never had spontaneous or induced abortions.