@article{jfnr2017599,
author={{L¨ªbera, Beatriz Della and Bai?o, Mirian Ribeiro and Barros, Denise Cavalcante de and Santos, Marta Maria Antonieta de Souza and Ara¨²jo, Roberta Gabriela and Saunders, Cl¨¢udia},
title={Prenatal Nutritional Care Improved Perinatal Outcome of Pregnant Women in the Context of Primary Health Care},
journal={Journal of Food and Nutrition Research},
volume={5},
number={9},
pages={689--696},
year={2017},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/5/9/9},
issn={2333-1240},
abstract={The aim of the study was to assess the impact of a prenatal nutritional care programme on perinatal outcome in the context of primary health care. That¡¯s a non-randomised controlled clinical trial developed in a care unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 284 pregnant women were allocated into one of two groups: an intervention group (IG; n = 122), comprising pregnant women who received the intervention of nutritional care through collective consultations with a nutritionist, and a control group (CG, n = 162) consisting of pregnant women who did not receive the intervention. There was a higher proportion of pregnancy complications (p=0.000) and abnormal total gestational weight gain (p=0.031) in the CG. In the final model, it was found that belonging to the CG (adjusted OR=4.721; CI 95%=1.009-22.090) and living with four or more people in the household (adjusted OR=2.692; CI 95%=1.021-7.101) were predictors of pregnancy complications, while belonging to the CG (adjusted OR=2.354; CI 95%=1.063-5.213) and starting prenatal care after 16 weeks (adjusted OR =8.509; CI 95%=1.023-70.784) were determinants of abnormal pregnancy weight gain. The findings reinforce that the prenatal nutritional care programme contributed to improving the health of pregnant women.},
doi={10.12691/jfnr-5-9-9}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}