A Romanian experience of syphilis in pregnancy and childbirth.
Midwifery
; 78: 58-63, 2019 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to establish the incidence of syphilis in a group of childbearing women and their newborn babies in Romania and to identify the major risk factors of materno-fetal transmission in order for midwives to develop strategies to help prevent congenital syphilis. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
a descriptive study of a group of 982 childbearing women who gave birth during a three-month period at an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Romania. The women completed a questionnaire, which consisted of three sections general data, general knowledge of syphilis and birth and pregnancy data. After admission to hospital, the women were investigated for syphilis using serological tests.RESULTS:
there was a syphilis frequency of 0.91649% (nâ¯=â¯9) among the surveyed women. Among the nine infected women, two were not aware that they had a syphilis infection when initially admitted to hospital. The maternal profile with the highest risk of being diagnosed with syphilis was a young woman who had not had adequate prenatal care, who had elementary sex education and who lacked knowledge of personal health and hygiene. A significant percentage of the respondents, namely 11.9% (nâ¯=â¯117), were aged 15 to 20.CONCLUSIONS:
in certain population groups, syphilis is still an important health care problem, especially in vulnerable individuals, such as childbearing women and newborns babies. More attention needs to be paid to primary prevention; the number of cases of congenital syphilis could be reduced by more involvement of midwifes and family doctors in antenatal care.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Romaní
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Sífilis
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Parto
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Midwifery
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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OBSTETRICIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Rumanía