PREVALÊNCIA DE ANEMIA EM GESTANTES ACOMPANHADAS NAS UNIDADES BÁSICAS DE SAÚDE DO MUNICÍPIO DE CARUARU-PE

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women attended in the basic health units in Caruaru, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted from secondary data drawn from the research information bank entitled "Nutritional status of pregnant women: methodological aspects and epidemiological implications for prenatal care." Information on that municipal district was extracted, and samples were composed fbyor 141 pregnant women. The data extracted was guided by an instrument containing the interest variables in the study, involvingd sociodemographic aspects, obstetric history and data from the current pregnancy. The outcome was considered as anemia Hb <11 mg / dl, according to criteria adopted by the World Health Organization. We used Epi-info software 7 to make descriptive and bivariate analyses. Results: Prevalence of anemia was only 5%. Higher frequencies of anemia were observed in pregnant adolescents, with low education, belonging to lower economic classes, who performed just 1-2 antenatal visits, starting this monitoring in the 2nd and 3rd quarters and without antianemic treatment during pregnancy. The bivariate analysis showed no association between the outcome anemia and evaluated explanatory variables. Conclusion: Research results showed low prevalence of anemia by hemoglobin levels in Caruaru, suggesting the need for further research on factors involving this nutritional deficiency. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]