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Prenatal care associated with neonatal outcomes in maternity hospitals: a hospital-based cross-sectional study
Eglídia Carla Figueirêdo Vidal1, Lara Leite de Oliveira2, Camila Almeida Neves de Oliveira3
1Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, Crato, CE, Brazil.
Objective:
To verify the association between prenatal care quality indicators and neonatal outcomes in maternity hospitals.
Method:
Hospital-based cross-sectional study in four high-risk referral maternity hospitals in the five health macro-regions enabled by the Stork Network in Ceará-Brazil. Between April 2017 and July 2018, 440 puerperal women were interviewed using simple probabilistic sampling and a formula with finite populations and stratification of each maternity hospital. The analysis involved Pearson's Chi-Square, Adjusted Residuals Analysis and Fisher's Exact.
Results:
There was an association between fewer consultations with prematurity and low birth weight. Delivery in the maternity hospital where the woman lived was associated with low birth weight and the need for ventilatory support.
Conclusion:
Prenatal care quality indicators influenced neonatal outcomes, which underlines the importance of ensuring access and quality of care as ways of reducing infant morbidity and mortality.
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