Avaliação da mortalidade materna na Região de Saúde de Caucaia – Ceará de 2010 a 2014

Abstract

he objective of this study was to determine the clinical and epidemiological profile of women who died at the Caucaia Health Region from 2009 to 2014, through the epidemiological investigation of the pathway performed by these women to access, Death, and if there was an opinion of the Maternal Mortality Prevention Committee. This is a documental, descriptive and quantitative approach, with a population and a sample of 56 maternal deaths. Data were collected in the first half of 2016, using death certificates and M5 investigation forms found in the Information System on Mortality. The chosen variables were analyzed using SPSS 17.0 program and presented in absolute frequency and simple proportion. The research protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará, with opinion No. 1,403,777. It was found that the deaths occurred in women with a mean age 28.2 years (62.4%), mulattos (62.5%), single (57.1%), incomplete primary education (33.9%), housewives (48.2%). Obstetric data revealed bond to the Family Health Team (82.1%), prenatal consultations with more than 5 (51.8%), and only 25% directed to high-risk prenatal care. 80% delivery occurred in maternity, 48.2% caesarean section. The deaths occurred in hospital (76.8%), postpartum period (69.7%), the main causes of hypertension (16.1%) and infections (16.1%) and emboli (14.3 %), characterizing deaths from direct obstetric causes (58.3%) and preventable by appropriate action to prevent, control and attention to the causes of maternal death (73.2%). The Mortality Committee analyzed 87.5% of deaths. Despite the ease of access, there is poor quality of care. There is no guaranteed linking. The deaths could have been prevented through actions for the organization of the Maternal and Child Network with the expansion of resolutive and quality health services, the training of professionals for prenatal, childbirth and puerperium care, improvement of the recording of information, and strengthening the work of the municipal and regional Maternal, Child and Fetal Mortality Committees for the promotion of maternal and child health.