Quality of the prenatal care records in the pregnant women's booklet

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the quality of the records in the pregnant women's booklet, assessing the legibility and completeness of usual-risk pre-natal records. Method: Evaluative, descriptive and quantitative study, conducted in nine basic health care units in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, in the period from May 2017 to September 2018. The records were evaluated according to legibility and completeness. Results: 92.4% of the booklets were considered with legible records. The assessment of the completeness showed that 72.4% had bad completeness. No record booklet was classified as good or excellent. The assessment by sections showed that the Routine Complementary Test section showed the best results, whereas the Complementary Activities section showed the lowest levels of completeness. Conclusion: The records in the pregnant women's booklet were predominantly bad, denoting a devaluation of this instrument and a probable noncompliance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health for a quality assistance.