Rosane Silvia Davoglio

Dental pain, use of dental services and oral health-related quality of life in southern Brazil.

This study aimed at assessing the relationship between dental pain and the reason for using dental services and oral health quality of life in people aged 50 to 74 years in southern Brazil. A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted with 720 individuals aged 50 to 74 years, living in three health districts in the city of Porto Alegre. Dental impacts on daily life and sociodemographic data were assessed using structured interviews. The Oral Impacts on Daily Performance - OIDP instrument was used to measure oral impacts. The information was analyzed by Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment, taking into account cluster sampling. Dental pain was present in 32.5% of those reporting an oral impact on their daily activities. Dental pain most frequently affected talking (37.6%), cleaning teeth and gums (37.0%) and enjoying the companionship of people (36.5%). After adjustments to the multivariate analysis, the reason for dental visits due to dental pain was found to have a high impact on daily activities [RP 1.68 (1.11 - 2.54].

MATERNAL HYPERTENSION AS A RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT

Objective: to investigate the association between maternal hypertension and low birth weight, in a public hospital in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. Methods: A case-control study was conducted on 317 individuals, such that the case group was composed of 87 mothers of children born with a weight of less than 2500 g and/or gestational age less than 37 weeks, and the control group was composed of 230 mothers of newborns of weight greater than or equal to 2500 g and gestational age greater than or equal to 37 weeks. Descriptive analysis and logistic regression were applied to the data gathered. Results: The results showed a statistically significant difference in maternal age between the study groups. The use of medications and number of prenatal consultations were also shown to be associated with low birth weight. After appropriate adjustments, the association between maternal hypertension and low birth weight was demonstrated to be strong and statistically significant (OR = 3.84; 95% CI: 1.92 – 7.68). Conclusions: The findings indicate that maternal hypertension is a possible risk factor for low birth weight.

SP4-33 Risk factors for low birth weight in the municipalities of Juazeiro and Petrolina (Brazil): a case-control study

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between maternal characteristics and low birth weight (LBW). An exploratory case-control investigation was conducted in two hospital that provide attendance through SUS in neighbouring municipalities: Petrolina (Pernambuco) and Juazeiro (Bahia), Brazil. The sample consisted of 588 puerperae, of whom 136 were in the case group (women with low-weight children) and 452 in the control group (mothers of normal-weight children). In the data analysis procedures, the distribution of the variables was evaluated using the χ2 test at the significance level of 5%. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of UEFS (CAAE: 0151.0.0590.000-08). The results demonstrated that LBW was associated with the mothers occupation during pregnancy (p=0.04), fathers schooling level (p=0.01), mothers race/colour (p=0.00), municipality of origin (p=0.01), mothers age (p=0.00), number of prenatal consultations (p=0.00), presence of pregnancy card at time of delivery (p=0.00), number of consultations with a medical professional (p=0.04), number of pregnancies (p=0.01) and gestational age (p=0.00). However, there were no statistically significant associations with the other variables. The findings reaffirm that having quality prenatal care is of utmost importance, with greater efforts made towards identifying factors that are associated with LBW, with a view to reducing the occurrence of this undesirable gestational outcome.