Maternal determinants of preterm birth at the Hospital Provincial Ginecobstétrico Fe del Valle Ramos

Abstract

Introduction: preterm birth care is a challenge for public health because it is a cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Objective: to establish the maternal determinants in pregnant women with preterm birth treated at the Hospital Ginecobstetrico Provincial “Fe del Valle Ramos” in Manzanillo, Granma province, Cuba. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in said institution in the period between 2018 - 2020, in 123 pregnant women with preterm birth. The variables were studied: maternal age, nutritional evaluation, maternal height, weight gain during pregnancy, obstetric history of preterm birth and previous abortion, chronic diseases, preeclampsia and infections. The percentage was used as the summary unit. Results: the age group of 20-24 years of age predominated (30.9%), followed by those under 20 years of age (28.5%), where 41.5% presented deficient weight as a nutritional evaluation in the uptake. In relation to a history of abortion, 65.9% presented this risk. There was high blood pressure in 39.0% and frequency of vaginal infections in 64.2%. Conclusions: the maternal, fetal and placental determinants of preterm birth in pregnant women treated at the Hospital Provincial Ginecobstétrico “Fe del Valle Ramos” do not differ from those found in the global epidemiological context.

Keywords

• prematuridad
• parto pretérmino
• rotura prematura de membrana