A Via Crucis da gestante ao parto no município de Aracaju-SE

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the pregnant women’s trajectory to their place of delivery in the city of Aracaju-SE. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between 2015 and 2016, which interviewed 444 expectants selected from the four maternity hospitals in Sergipe capital, replicating the methodology used from Nascer no Brasil inquiry. A comparison was made regarding gestational risk (high or low) and health service (private or public) used by the selected pregnant women. RESULTS: From the 444 selected pregnant women – most of them were users of the public health system (60.7%) and had low gestational risk (60.8%) – and 66,6% were given previous information about their delivery place during prenatal care. Pilgrimage was performed by 30.6% expectants. The main reason for denial of care by the referred institutions was the lack of a doctor on call or a hospital without minimum care conditions (38.5%). When comparing the type of institution where the parturition was performed, the public service obtained substantially higher pilgrimage rates (40.5% vs 0%), with an average of twice the total displacement time. Regarding risk classification, there were no significant noticed distinctions between high and low risk expectant pilgrimages. CONCLUSION: The pilgrimage phenomena obtained high rates among the pregnant women of Aracaju, especially in the public service.