Anticipating life - Pre-conception consultation among mothers in Hospital do Santo Andre in Leiria

Authors

  • Teresa Maria Bacelo Interna Complementar de Medicina Geral e Familiar, Centro de Saúde da Batalha
  • Maria Soledade Lopes Assistente graduada de Medicina Geral e Familiar, Centro de Saúde da Batalha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v25i1.10586

Keywords:

Preconceptional Consultation, Preconceptional Counselling, Preconceptional Care

Abstract

Introduction: In recent years, growing emphasis has been given to preconceptional care, aiming the identification and modification of the risks that can modify the normal evolution of a future gestation. Aims: Characterize post-partum women of Hospital de Santo André aiming socio-demographic aspects, life styles and pregnancy; identify women that had preconceptional consultation and characterize the preconceptional consultation. Methodology: Type of study - descriptive and observacional study; Local - Obstetrics Service of Hospital de Santo André - Leiria; Population studied- Post-partum women admitted during December 2007 in Obstetrics of Hospital de Santo André - Leiria; Methods - an anonymous pre-tested questionnaire has been apllied, regarding socio-demographic characterization, pregnancy, delivery, life styles and preconceptional consultation. Illiterate women, those who didnt know how to read or speak Portuguese and those who didnt accept to participate were excluded. Preconceptional consultation was defined as any consultation which occurred before pregnancy, with the purpose of knowing if everything was going well with women. Results: 122 women were studied. The predominant age group ranged 30 to 34 years old. The prevalence of women who had preconceptional consultation was of 49.2%, 75% of those (45/60) had consultation in a private Obstetrician and only 18.3% (11/60) in a General Practitioner.The main reasons referred for the non-existance of this type of consultation had been an unplanned pregnancy (18/60), not knowing this type of consultation (11/60) and the lack of importance attributed to this type of consultation (11/60). Conclusion: It is of vital importance the promotion and motivation of women for this type of consultation, and we, as general practitioners, have innumerable chances to make it.

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Published

2009-01-01

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2009): Revista Portuguesa de Clínica Geral

Section

Original Research

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How to Cite

Anticipating life - Pre-conception consultation among mothers in Hospital do Santo Andre in Leiria. (2009). Portuguese Journal of Family Medicine and General Practice, 25(1), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v25i1.10586