Vigilância epidemiológica da sífilis na gravidez no Centro de Saúde do Bairro Uruará-área verde / Epidemiological surveillance on syphilis in the pregnancy at Centro de Saúde do Uruará-área verde district
realizou-se um estudo transversal dos prontuários de 143 gestantes acompanhadas no serviço de pré-natal, tomando como amostra todas as grávidas atendidas no período de1º de fevereiro a 31 de maio de 2007. A efetividade da vigilância foi relacionada com a preconizada pelo MS, referente à solicitação do teste não-treponêmico (VDRL) correlacionado com idade gestacional de adesão ao programa, número de gestações, partos e abortamentos anteriores.
Resultados:
na amostra considerada, observou-se amplitude da idade materna de 14 a 37 anos; 56 gestantes < 20 anos; 23 (16,1%) com histórias clínicas de abortamentos anteriores; 114 (79,7%) iniciaram o pré-natal a partir da 13a semana de gravidez; em 140 (97,9%) foi solicitado o teste na inscrição e em 1 (uma) não houve solicitação de nenhum teste.
syphilis is the cause of great morbidity in the intrauterine life, with disastrous effect for the embryo and negatives for gestation, representing a problem of public health in the maternal-infantile, a priority group for the Ministry of Healthpolitics.
Objective:
to evaluate epidemiologicalsurveillance on syphilis in the pregnancy, a cross sectional study was conducted from 143 handbooks of pregnant women supported by prenatalservice in the period of February 1st to May 31st 2007, in the community of Centro de Saúde do Uruará - Área Verde district, Santarem, Pará, Brazil.
Methods:
the effectiveness of the surveillance was related with the one indicated by the Ministry of Health, referring to non-treponemic test (VDRL)request according to maternal age of adhesion to the program, numbers of previous childbirths and abortions.
Results:
from the considered samplesmaternal age extension ranged from 14 to 37 years-olds, there were 56 pregnant women under 20 years-old; 23 (16,1%) with clinical histories of previous abortions; 114 (79,7%) enrolled the prenatal service from the 13th week of pregnancy; treponemic test was requested to 140 women (97,9%) but for one was not asked to do any test.
Conclusions:
the data of this study show the possibility of evaluating syphilissurveillance in pregnancy fromserological tests in mothers (as well as prenatal service) as an effective indicative signal of the problem, guiding health surveillance practices as anattempt to control and eliminate congenital syphilis in the community analyzed and also in the city.