Análisis de las relaciones sociales durante el embarazo en mujeres con y sin morbilidad materna extrema. Medellín, 2011-2012

Abstract

Introduction: The boundaries that we establish configure social networks. Analyze these networks allow us to understand their infiluence in maternal health. Objective: to characterize social networks of pregnant women with and without extreme maternal morbidity. Methodology: a case-control study through a social network analysis of six hundred pregnant women: 150 with extreme maternal morbidities diagnosis and 450 who went to maternal services for different reasons. Women were hospitalized between 2011 and 2012 and they responded a social network characterization survey. Findings: in general, women reported satisfactory, strong and long relationships. For cases, antecedents of aggression, a wider social network and more satisfaction were statistically associated. This could be a bias due the type of the study. It's necessary a deeply knowledge of this relation.