Prevalence of the types of childbirth performed at the Hospital Materno Infantil Nossa Senhora de Nazareth-RR in the period 2001-2019

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the prevalence of the types of childbirths performed at the Maternal and Child Hospital Nossa Senhora de Nazareth in Boa Vista, from 2001 to 2019, through demographic indicators. As for the methodology, this is a descriptive, retrospective study with a quantitative approach. For data collection, the types of childbirths in the Annual Report of Epidemiology of Roraima 2001/2019 were analyzed. It was observed an increase in the number of childbirths over the years mainly in 2019, and these data were confirmed in the boxplot graphs. Regarding vaginal childbirth, there was a reduction over time and a slight increase in recent years. As for cesarean sections, there was an increase over the years. The linear correlation between the variables showed a very weak correlation between the two types of births. The Shapiro test showed that the data follows a Normal distribution. Pearson's correlation test showed that there is no significant linear relationship between the variables. We conclude that despite the slight increase of vaginal childbirth in the last years, cesarean sections showed a high percentage in relation to what is recommended by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.