Journal Information
Vol. 28. Issue S1.
1st STUDENT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY (ABRAPG-FT)
(01 April 2024)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Vol. 28. Issue S1.
1st STUDENT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY (ABRAPG-FT)
(01 April 2024)
404
Full text access
PROFILE CHARACTERIZATION OF PARTURIENTS WHO HAD VAGINAL BIRTH IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OF BRASILIA IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF 2019
Visits
139
Sthefany da Silva Souza1, Mariana Martinez David1, Julia Shimohara Bradaschia1, Serise Amaral Pequeno1, Raquel Henriques Jácomo2, Aline Teixeira Alves1
1 Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculdade de Ceilândia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
2 Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brasil
This item has received
Article information
Special issue
This article is part of special issue:
Vol. 28. Issue S1

1st STUDENT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE IN PHYSIOTHERAPY (ABRAPG-FT)

More info
Background

In 2019, there were 42.422 deliveries in Distrito Federal, of those that 45,45% were vaginally, and 54,52% were caesarean sections according to Live Birth Information System. Considering the presented data, studies reaffirm the high rate of caesarean sections. Public measures were adopted to follow the global recommendations, that from all the births less than 15% should be caesarean sections. The Rede Cegonha include actions to ensure the quality, security and humanization of the service available to the women, since the pregnancy to the first two years of the child's life. Therefore, this study presents the relevance of the monitoration from the ways of birth and the impacts from each one.

Objectives

Analyze the most prevalent vaginal birth parturients profile from a hospital in Brasília in the first semester of 2019.

Methods

This study consist in a descriptive cross-sectional study, wich analyze medical records from a hospital in Brasília, in 2019 from January to June. The excluded criteria were twin pregnancy and illegible letters, and the included criteria were: vaginal birth. The analysis consists in sections, the describe the sociodemographic, parturient clinical profile, and newborn data.

Results

Among the study's eligibility criteria, 437 medical records were selected. For characterization of the sociodemographic profile, it was observed that 51,72% comprises the age group between 20 and 29 years, 66,13% had brown-skinned, 42,33% were single, 38,44% lived in Águas Lindas, 56,75% completed high school. Concerning the clinical data, 59,27% were multiparous women, 25,63% completed 39 weeks pregnant, 54,23% weren't induced, 51,59% didn't use anesthesia, 55,15% of the births were in lithotomy position, 29,06% had second-degree laceration, 91,76% didn't have an episiotomy, and 94,05% had a companion. Regarding the newborn's data, the mean weight was 3,15kg, the mean length was 48,4cm, the mean head circumference was 33,8cm and the mean of the first APGAR was 8,1.

Conclusion

With the presented data, it's possible to conclude that the vaginal birth's parturients' characterization it's variable in the majority of the analyzed factors and even though it was observed good obstetric practices, such as the presence of a companion and a few cases of episiotomy, it's still necessary the implementation of methods that reduce the risk of perineal injury, and comprehend the reason that most of the births are realized in lithotomy position, that biomechanically aren't favorable to the birth.

Implications

Many resources can be used to reduce the risk of perineal injury, and much of them are studied by obsthetric physical therapy. Therefore, it's necessary to encourage the education of the benefits that other positions, besides the lithotomy, can bring in the moment of the birth.

Keywords:
Natural Childbirth
Demography
Maternal and Child Health
Full text is only aviable in PDF

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgment: We appreciate the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal for the financial support.

Ethics committee approval: This study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee from Faculdade de Ceilândia (CEP/FCE), with CAAE number 80704617.5.0000.8093.

Idiomas
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Article options
Tools
en pt
Cookies policy Política de cookies
To improve our services and products, we use "cookies" (own or third parties authorized) to show advertising related to client preferences through the analyses of navigation customer behavior. Continuing navigation will be considered as acceptance of this use. You can change the settings or obtain more information by clicking here. Utilizamos cookies próprios e de terceiros para melhorar nossos serviços e mostrar publicidade relacionada às suas preferências, analisando seus hábitos de navegação. Se continuar a navegar, consideramos que aceita o seu uso. Você pode alterar a configuração ou obter mais informações aqui.