LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PREMATURITY X CAESAREAN

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593362326053

• Palavras-chave: Cesarean section; Low birth weight newborn; Premature newborn; Epidemiology.

• Keywords: Cesarean section; Low birth weight newborn; Premature newborn; Epidemiology.

• Abstract:

   The World Health Organization (WHO) defines low birth weight (LBW) as less than 2.5 kg. Prematurity is a worldwide problem, mainly due to its relationship with neonatal mortality. The objective of the study was to correlate low birth weight and prematurity with cesarean section, in the period between 1998 and 2017. It was an observational, ecological study, with a quantitative approach, using secondary data from the database of data from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) from which the regression coefficients were analyzed, with 95% confidence intervals, the respective p-values, using the Breusch Godfrey test, and the correlation was calculated using the Pearson test. Initially, the rates of cesarean section, low birth weight and prematurity in the time frame of the study were surveyed and calculated. It was observed that the correlations are significant and high according to the LBW and prematurity scores, the obtained values of 0.8870 and 0.8868, respectively. The values show that the increase in cesarean sections is intrinsically correlated with LBW and prematurity, since the data were positive and strong. Thus, directly implying a major public health problem, since in 2017 this percentage has been progressing again.