Effect of prenatal care quality on the risk of low birth weight, preterm birth and vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis.

Autor:	Aguiar DM; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil., de Andrade AM; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil., Ramalho AA; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil., Martins FA; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil., Koifman RJ; Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Opitz SP; Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil., da Silva IF; Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, National School of Public Health, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2023 Mar 29; Vol. 3 (3), pp. e0001716. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 29 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0001716
Abstrakt:	Background: Averse birth-outcomes still affect newborns worldwide. Although high-quality prenatal care is the main strategy to prevent these outcomes, the effect of prenatal care based on Kotelchuck index combined with consultation contents is still unclear. Thus, this article to evaluate the effect of the quality of prenatal care (PC) process on birth indicators in a cohort of puerperaes who attended maternity hospitals in Brazilian western Amazon, city of Rio Branco, in the state of Acre, Brazil, in 2015. Methods: This research was a hospital-based cohort study. The sample consisted of 1,030 women who gave birth in maternity hospitals in the city between April 6 and June 30, 2015. This research was a hospital-based cohort study. The sample consisted of 1,030 women who gave birth in maternity hospitals in Rio Branco between April 6th. and June 30th., 2015. Prenatal care was classified as fully adequate when started ≤4th month; ≥80.0-109% expected consultations for GA according to the Kotelchuck Index; ≥5 records of blood pressure, weight, GA, fundal height, ≥4 records of fetal heart rate, fetal movements or equivalent to 75% of the number of consultations; in addition to recording ABO/RH, hemoglobin, VDRL, urine, glucose, anti-HIV and anti-toxoplamosis during the 1st trimester. The evaluated outcomes were low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth and vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis/syphilis. Differences between proportions were assessed using the X² test, and the crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) (95% CI) were estimated using unconditional logistic regression. Results: Overall cohort, the outcomes incidences were 8.8% for LBW, 9.2% for preterm birth, and 1.1% for vertical transmission (syphilis/HIV/hepatitis). Crude and adjusted OR showed that inadequate PC increased the risk statistically significant of LBW (ORcrude: 1.84; 95%CI: 0.99-3.44; ORadjusted: 1.87; 95%CI: 1.00-3.52), and preterm birth (ORcrude: 1.79; 95%CI: 1.00-3.29; ORadjusted: 3.98; 95%CI: 1.40-11.29). Conclusion: The results draw attention to the importance of quality PC in reducing the risks of LBW, preterm birth, and vertical transmission of syphilis/HIV/hepatitis. Moreover, using this proposed quality prenatal care indicator based on Kotelchuck index combined with consultations contents adjusted by GA may accurately predict unfavorable outcomes. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright: © 2023 Aguiar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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