Preconceptional risk in women at the doctor’s office Nr. 1 of the Policlinic “Carlos Verdugo”. 2008

Abstract

We carried out a descriptive study, proposing an intervention project to manage and control preconceptional risk at the doctor´s office Nr.1 of the policlinic “Carlos Verdugo”, from January to June 2008, with the objective of characterizing preconceptional risk, and also of diagnosing the knowledge these women have on the preconceptional risk. We selected a blind sample from the total of the women in fertile age registered with preconceptional risk at the doctor´s office Nr. 1. They answered an inquiry for us to characterize them and to measure their level of knowledge, finding as the most common diseases Bronchial asthma and arterial hypertension, and among other risks, low weight and elder women. 80 % of the women had inadequate knowledge. Then, we elaborated a proposal of educative project to raise the level of knowledge in fertile age women, on the basis of learning necessities, contributing that way to the control of the preconceptional risk.
This is important because its objective is reaching the optimal health status both of mother and her child. We concluded that predominant risks are suffering arterial hypertension, bronchial asthma, low weight and being more than 35 years old, and that most of the inquired women had inadequate knowledge on maternal risk control.