%0 Journal Article
%T Fatores de risco maternos para prematuridade em uma maternidade p¨˛blica de Imperatriz-MA
%A Almeida
%A Adriana Carvalho de
%A Jesus
%A Ana Cristina Pereira de
%A Lima
%A Pamylla Fortes Tanikawa
%A M¨˘rcio Fl¨˘vio Moura de
%A Ara¨˛jo
%A Ara¨˛jo
%A Thiago Moura de
%J Revista Ga¨˛cha de Enfermagem
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1983-14472012000200013
%X despite advances in obstetrics, prematurity is still a major public health problem because of the neonatal morbidity and mortality it causes. the objective of this study was to investigate maternal risk factors for premature births in a public maternity in the city of imperatriz-ma. a cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with 116 mothers, through structured interviews. the data were analyzed using epi-info version 3.5.1. the variables that showed statistically significant association with preterm delivery were monthly income below two minimum wages (p = 0.046), stress during pregnancy (p = 0.027), primiparity (p = 0.044), absent or inadequate prenatal care (p <0.001) and clinical complications in pregnancy (p<0.001). the results show that the maternal risk factors implicated in prematurity are related mainly with lifestyle, socioeconomic and clinical variables, and prenatal care.
%K risk factors
%K premature labor
%K women's health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-14472012000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en