DELGADO HERNANDEZ, Mariluz    TRUFERO CANOVAS, Norma. Preconceptional reproductive risk. []. , 10, 6, pp. 47-55. ISSN 1025-0255.

A cross-sectional study in a finite population was carried out to estimate the proportion of women characteristics with preconceptional reproductive risk at Teaching Community Polyclinic Dr. Carlos J Finlay of Camagüey municipality from October 2002 to April 2004. Of a universe of 4372 persons in fertile age a sample of 187, was obtained (absolute error 5 %, frequency of the factor 15 %, reliability (95 %); by two-stage sampling were selected the persons from the official records of the primary health care. Data were processed using MICROSTAT and EPIDAT methods. The (58, 29 %) of the women worked, (27, 81%) were comprised in the age groups of 35 years and over. Single and malnourished mothers represented the 22, 46 % and 17, 65 % respectively. The 9, 09 % of the women with preconceptional reproductive risk had one or more abortions of the second quarter; the 6, 95 % neonates with low birth weight in previous pregnancies, while two of them showed congenital malformations (1, 07 %) in their offspring, the 8 % of them were carriers of an urinary infection. Also were found the proportion to: iron deficiency anemia (3, 74 %), bronchial asthma (2 %) and heart diseases (2,14 %). The studied variables were: worker women, aged and smoker women, with low incomes, singles and malnourished by defect and with primary school level, such as the ones that had abortions of the second quarter and previous births with low weight, were recognized as local factors of preconceptional reproductive risk, at the same way the urinary infection and the iron deficiency anemia.

: MORBILITY; PRECONCEPTION CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES.

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