Incidência do baixo peso ao nascer em Santo Antônio de Jesus - Bahia: resultados preliminares de uma coorte prospectiva

Abstract

It is considered low birth weight when a child is born weighing less than 2,500 g, as determined by the World Health Organization, and is constituted as a serious risk factor for infant mortality. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify the incidence of low birth weight in the period 2012-2014, in Santo Antônio de Jesus - Bahia. METHOD: This was a longitudinal study, prospective cohort that will present the preliminary descriptive data of this investigation. The survey was conducted in 17 health units in Santo Antonio de Jesus in Bahia state. It adopted a sample size of 177 women attended the public health service, who were performing prenatal care at the time of research and who agreed to participate as Resolution 466/2012 of recommendations. This research has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the State University of Feira de Santana. a descriptive analysis of the findings was carried out, according to absolute and relative frequency according to the group of children with normal weight and low birth weight. the low weight percentage is measured to the rise in the sample investigated. RESULTS: The incidence for low birth weight was around 4.52%. Additional results of this research indicate to higher frequency of low birth weight to the following conditions: maternal age 18-35 years old, race / brown or black mother color, mother's occupation unpaid, maternal educational level <8 years number household size ≥ 4, absence of prenatal consultations, alcohol consumption and preterm birth among mothers who had babies weighing more than 2,500 grams. CONCLUSION: It is of great value in the appropriate health monitoring during pregnancy in order to prevent adverse events for the mother-child dyad.