Prevalencia de la desnutrición en mujeres embarazadas con alto riesgo obstétrico entre 19 y 25 años atendidas en el Centro de Salud Mapasingue #7 en el periodo febrero 2019 - febrero 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Maternal nutritional status has a direct impact on the development and growth of the newborn, compromising the health of the individual at birth and throughoutadulthood. Malnutrition increases maternal and infant mortality. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in pregnant women with high obstetric risk between 19 and 25 years of age treated at Centro de Salud Mapasingue #7 during the period FEBRUARY 2019 - FEBRUARY 2020. Methodology: A descriptive observational prevalence study was carried out at Centro de Salud Mapasingue #7 in 152 pregnant women between 19 and 25 years of age who presented malnutrition with high obstetric risk between February 2019 and February 2020. Results: When examining the sample of 152 patients based on their age at the time of care, an average of 21.66 years was determined. There was a higher concentration of instances between the ages of 20 and 23, with 25.7 percent primiparous and 74.3 percent multiparous cases. According to the body mass index, a prevalence of 61.8% with low weight is established, followed by patients with obesity, 16.4%, and overweight,11.2%. The second trimester has a prevalence of 50%, followed by 39.5 percent in the first trimester and 10.5 percent in the third trimester, according to gestational age by trimesters. Conclusions: It was determined that maternal malnutrition is highly prevalent in cases of pregnancies with high obstetric risk, affecting at least two out of three pregnant women. Furthermore, young maternal age, notably less than 23 years, as well as multiparity, were found to be factors related with high-risk obstetric pregnancies.