Factors Associated with Number of Prenatal Visits in Northeastern Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,Vol.19,,2022
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.3390/ijerph192214912
datacite.creatorTeixeira, Gracimary A.
datacite.creatorHolanda, Norrara S. O.
datacite.creatorAzevedo, Ingrid G.
datacite.creatorMoura, Julia R.
datacite.creatorde Carvalho, Jovanka B. L.
datacite.creatorPereira, Silvana A.
datacite.date2022
datacite.subject.englishbirth weight
datacite.subject.englishfirst trimester of pregnancy
datacite.subject.englishprenatal care
datacite.subject.englishpreterm newborn
datacite.titleFactors Associated with Number of Prenatal Visits in Northeastern Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T15:48:08Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T15:48:08Z
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to assess factors associated with the number of prenatal visits of women who delivered in a public maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil. This cross-sectional study focused on 380 puerperal women who gave birth at a public maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil. Prenatal and perinatal data were collected in the immediate postpartum period by interviewing mothers and using medical records. Chi-square/Fisher exact test compared the data, and a logistic regression model estimated the association between birth weight and number of prenatal visits. As a result, the sample was composed of 175 women with <37 weeks of gestational age and 205 women with >= 37 weeks of gestational age. Women with less than four prenatal visits were more likely to give birth to low birth weight (<2500 g) and preterm infants (<37 weeks of gestational age) than those with more than four prenatal visits (p = 0.001). The subjects with less than four prenatal visits had a 2.76-fold higher odds of giving birth to infants weighing less than 2500 g (p = 0.03; 95%CI = 1.05-7.30), without relation to maternal and gestational ages. In conclusion, women with less than four prenatal visits had higher odds of giving birth to low birth infants, independently of maternal and gestational ages, and were more likely to give birth to premature babies.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.sourceINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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