Cumplimiento del control prenatal en gestantes atendidas en el Hospital Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Prenatal checkups are important to avoid complications during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Study on compliance with prenatal control. Objective: To analyze compliance with prenatal control in pregnant women treated at the Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Methodological design: quantitative, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional cohort. Population: 100 pregnant women. Results: 39% were between 25 and 31 years old, 37% were primigravida, 74% had 5 prenatal checkups; 99% claimed to have knowledge about prenatal control measures; Regarding compliance with the measures, 57% did not perform vaginal cytology, 59% did not perform a dental examination and 22% did not perform a urine test; In the determining factors that influenced compliance, of the personal type, 57%, housework was the influential indicator, of the type of medical care, information received, treatment by health personnel, both with 99%, and medical consultation hours with 98%; there was polycystic ovary syndrome in 28% and high blood pressure in 24%. Conclusion: The rate of non-compliance with prenatal control measures is a product of the attitude and predisposition that the pregnant woman has, as a result of the experience and satisfaction in medical care, the knowledge contrasted with the evidenced compliance.