Perfil sociodemográfico, gestacional e nutricional de mulheres com ganho de peso inadequado na gestação

Abstract

To describe and analyze the nutritional, gestational and sociodemographic characteristics of women with inadequate weight gain during pregnancy, assisted by Family Health Strategy Teams from Itaqui/RS. Methods: Were conducted a cross sectional study with consecutive convenience sample of adult pregnant women in the last trimester. Through interviews, were collected sociodemographic, pregnancy and nutritional information, as well as data on the habitual consumption during pregnancy. In addition, were collected data from pre-pregnancy weight and body height, which were used to estimate body mass index. Results: The study included 105 pregnant women with a mean age of 27.5 years (SD = 5.44). Most of the pregnant women had presented inadequate weight gain and high school education up to complete (80%), color/race white (48.6%), was married or lived with a partner (78.1%), not studying/working (58.1%), with previous experience of 3-4 pregnancies (48.6%) and daily caloric intake lower than 2905.15 Kcal (43.8%). Pregnant women who had excess body weight in pre-gestational period (49.6%) had the highest occurrence of inadequate weight gain. Conclusion: The high percentage of pregnant woman with inadequate weight gain observed in this study reinforces the importance of nutritional counseling during pregnancy, in order to promote the reduction of adverse pregnancy outcomes, and improve the health of mother and child population.