Coverage, completeness and reliability of the data in the Information System on Live Births in public maternity wards in the municipality in São Paulo, Brazil, 2011

Author(s)

Eliana de Aquino Bonilha ^[1] ; Eneida Sanches Ramos Vico ^[2] ; Marina de Freitas ^[3] ; Denise Machado Barbuscia ^[4] ; Tatiana Gabriela Brassea Galleguillos ^[5] ; Mirna Namie Okamura ^[6] ; Patrícia Carla dos Santos ^[7] ; Margarida Maria Tenório de Azevedo Lira ^[8] ; Maria Regina Torloni ^[9]

Affiliation

^[1] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[2] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[3] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[4] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[5] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[6] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[7] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[8] Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo. Coordenação de Epidemiologia e Informação - Brasil

^[9] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde baseada em Evidências - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde; v. 27, n. 1 2018-02-15.

Abstract

Abstract Objective: to assess the coverage, completeness and reliability of data on live births in public maternity wards in São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: data recorded in the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc) were compared with data collected in a field study (gold standard) during three months in 2011 in four maternity wards in hospital from the SUS network; kappa coefficient was calculated to assess agreement. Results: 5,785 birth records were analyzed; Sinasc coverage was 99.8% and completeness was 96.2%; kappa values showed excellent and good agreement for maternal age (0.99), type of pregnancy, sex and newborn sex and birth weight (0.98), type of delivery (0.97), 1 minute (0.96) and 5th (0.95) minutes, previous live births (0.87) and education level (0.62); regular agreement for prenatal care visits (0.60) and gestational age (0.56); and weak agreement for previous stillbirths (0.09). Conclusion: in the assessed hospitals, Sinasc presented high coverage, completeness and reliability. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/53253-8 - Study of the binomial mother-child: an imperious need to achieve the millennium development goals
• Grantee: Ruy Laurenti
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research in Public Policies for the National Health Care System (PP-SUS)