Factors associated with women's psychosocial profile during prenatal

Abstract

Objective: analyze the factors associated with the psychosocial profile of women during prenatal care at the University Hospital – Maternal-Child Unit of the Federal University of Maranhão – HUUFMA. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted with 160 pregnant women without age limit assisted at the HUUFMA Obstetrics Outpatient Clinic from March to October 2017. The assessment of the psychosocial profile was measured using the Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP-VP). Results: most pregnant women, about 41.25% (66) had only completed high school; aged from 15 to 35 years old, about 65.66% (105); in the last gestational trimester 46.25% (74); most of them primigravid, 60% (96); with less than six prenatal appointments performed 67.52% (108). As for the gestational trimester, there was no statistical significance with the PPP-VP constructs; concerning parity, multiparas were the ones who showed more stress, and the Tukey test showed that this group had more stress when compared to nulliparas. Conclusion: it is pertinent to infer that about the gestational trimester, there was no influence on the constructs of the psychosocial profile, but when relating parity, the opposite situation was observed, especially in multiparous women, in which the greater number of births directly reflected in the maladjusted level of stress. Greater attention is necessary to these issues for adequate prenatal care.