Paper Title :Socioeconomic Factors Associated With The Maternal Near Miss In A Intensive Care Unit In Brazil

Author :Joao Victor De Sousa Cabral, Janine Medeiros Da Silva, Leany Farias De Medeiros, Maria Aparecida Cardoso De Souza, Ana Katherine Da Silveira Goncalves

Article Citation :Joao Victor De Sousa Cabral ,Janine Medeiros Da Silva ,Leany Farias De Medeiros ,Maria Aparecida Cardoso De Souza ,Ana Katherine Da Silveira Goncalves , (2016 ) " Socioeconomic Factors Associated With The Maternal Near Miss In A Intensive Care Unit In Brazil " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 156-158, Volume-2,Issue-4

Abstract : Purpose: evaluate the socioeconomic risk factors for morbidity and mortality in a maternal intensive care unit at a university hospital. Methods: observational cross-sectional with 492 pregnant/puerperal women. Patients were admitted to the obstetric intensive care unit during a year, being informed about the proposals of the study and a questionnaire was applied. The analysis was performed using GraphPad6. Chi-square tests were used to evaluate risk factors.Results: the main risk factors to maternal near miss were: non-white ethnicity (p=0,009); marital status(married women) (p=0.0001), educationup to 2º degree incomplete (p=0,0006), from the countryside (p=0,0001) and low income (< 0,0001). Conclusions: the prevalence of maternal near miss was associated with socioeconomic factors and care issues, revealing the importance of interventions to improve these indicators. Index terms- health education, maternal mortality, pregnant women.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-2,Issue-4

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