title: [Maternal risk factors for premature births in a public maternity hospital in Imperatriz-MA].
abstract: Despite advances in obstetrics, prematurity is still a major public health problem because of the neonatal morbidity and mortality it causes. The objective of this study was to investigate maternal risk factorsfor premature births in a public maternity in the city of Imperatriz-MA. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with 116 mothers, through structured interviews. The data were analyzed using Epi-Info version 3.5.1. The variables that showed statistically significant association with preterm delivery were monthly income below two minimum wages (p = 0.046), stress during pregnancy (p = 0.027), primiparity (p = 0.044), absent or inadequate prenatal care (p <0.001) and clinical complications in pregnancy (p<0.001). The results show that the maternal risk factors implicated in prematurity are related mainly with lifestyle, socioeconomic and clinical variables, and prenatal care.
authors.affiliation: COBRA, Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana Carvalho
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Pereira
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Jesus
authors.forename: Pamylla Fortes Tanikawa
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Márcio Flávio Moura
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Thiago Moura
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Araújo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult