PERFIL CLÍNICO-EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE GESTANTES DE ALTO RISCO ACOMPANHADAS EM SERVIÇO DE REFERÊNCIA

Abstract

To identify the clinical-epidemiological profile of high-risk pregnant women monitored at a referral service. Methods: This is an observational, retrospective and quantitative study, conducted from the analysis of 254 medical records of pregnant women seen at the High-Risk Prenatal Care Unit of Lauro Wanderley University Hospital (HULW) in the year 2020. Results: The main findings were of pregnant women with an average age of 29 years, mixed race (62.6%), unmarried (37.4%), originating from the Zona da Mata Paraibana region (90.2%), with high school education (54.7%), homemakers (42.9%), overweight (23.2%), and obesity (43.3%), without a previous history of abortions (72.4%), multigravida, with an average of 2.4 pregnancies and a median of 1 pathology in the gestational period. The main comorbidities that led to referral were Gestational Hypertensive Disorders (26.4%) and Diabetes Mellitus (24.8%). Conclusions: The analysis shows a clinical-epidemiological profile composed of women from the Zona da Mata Paraibana region, originating from urban areas, with an average age of 29 years, mixed race, without a stable union, multigravida, with an interpartum interval >2 years, without a history of abortions, with at least one comorbidity, and overweight or obese.