Assessment on the influence of prenatal care abandonment in fetal and newborn mortality

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the influence of prenatal care abandonment in fetal and neonatal mortality. Methods: Assessment study, descriptive and exploratory, primarily on documentary evidence, using a quantitative approach, conducted from October to November 2014. It was used as a data source, 400 death certificates and 400 investigation files of fetal and neonatal deaths and reported in the years 2010 to 2013 were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, to obtain the absolute and relative frequencies, nominal and numerical variables and chi-square Person. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the State University of Maranhão (CAAE 26463814.2.0000.5554). Results: When the correlation between prenatal neglect and fetal and neonatal mortality was evaluated, it was observed that the mortality of fetuses, and newborns whose progenitors have left the prenatal care was a growing event. Conclusion: It was possible to confirm the direct influence of prenatal cessation in fetal and neonatal mortality.