Health care in the first year of life of a prospective cohort of late-preterm and full-term infants, in Botucatu, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015-2017

Autor(es)

Heinzle da Silva Machado, Maria Cristina ^[1] ; Palombarini Santiloni, Aline Fernanda ^[1] ; Ferrari, Anna Paula ^[1] ; Garcia de Lima Parada, Cristina Maria ^[1] ; de Barros Leite Carvalhaes, Maria Antonieta ^[1] ; Pamplona Tonete, Vera Lucia ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Botucatu, Botucatu, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE; v. 30, n. 2 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Objective: To assess association between late-preterm birth and use of referral health services in the first year of life. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study, with data collected from infants at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months old. Maternal and birth characteristics were compared between full-term and late preterm infants. The effect of late preterm birth on the use of specialized outpatient clinic, emergency room/emergency care center, hospitalizations and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions was evaluated by calculating adjusted odds ratios. Results: 41 late preterm and 540 full-term infants differed as to frequency of low birth weight and in not staying in joint accommodation, both of which were higher in late-preterm infants, who were also more likely to be admitted to the neonatal ICU (OR=6.85 - 95%CI 2.56;18.34). Late preterm birth was not associated with the use of other referral health services. Conclusion: late preterm birth was not associated with greater use of referral health services after discharge from maternity hospital. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/03256-1 - Saúde da criança no primeiro ano de vida: estudo de coorte prospectiva em município paulista
• Beneficiário: Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular