Conhecimento e percepção das gestantes do serviço público sobre parto humanizado

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to analyse the knowledge’s degree of the pregnant women of two public services in Aracaju-SE about humanized birth. METHODS: a descriptive, prospective, observational, cross-sectional study was performed using a questionnaire. Statistical tests of associations of variables (Chi-square and Fisher's exact test) were used. RESULTS: a mean of the age for 26.6 years, 145 (72.5%) were procedural of the interior, 181 (90.5%) received less than one minimum wage, 38% (76) had studied in their lifes less than or equal to 8 years . They started prenatal care until the first trimester, 142 (71%); the doctor had the prenatal care 144 (72%); 142 (71%) preferred normal birth, 88 (44%) reported fear of cesarean and 116 (58%) fear of normal labor pains. The prenatal professional did not offer information to 133 (66.5%). They heard about Humanized Childbirth, 61 (30.5%); among these, 51 (83.6%) presented an adequate answer on the concept. We observed associations between prior knowledge and: origin, income, abortion, physician as prenatalist and preference for normal birth. Expressive frequency of adequate answer among those who did not hear associated with: income, schooling, prenatalist and absence of information from the professional. CONCLUSIONS: most had no knowledge about Humanized Birth, those who had answeredw adequately, most were from Aracaju and had higher income, these variables had a significant association with the degree of knowledge. The majority preferred normal labor, had as prenatalista the doctor and did not receive information on the types of delivery by the professional performer.