Obstetric psychoprophylaxis and duration of the active phase dilation period: A relational study

Fernández I.R.P.; Heredia D.J.J.; Huaynates P.N.A.; Carrillo K.F.B. · HJOG (2024) · DOI: 10.33574/hjog.0573

Resumen

Objective: to identify the correlation between obstetric psychoprophylaxis and the duration of the active phase dilation period in pregnant women at the centro materno infantil daniel alcides carrión, lima ‐ 2019. Materials and methods: non‐experimental cross‐sectional study. a documentary review was carried out and was complemented with the application of two data collection forms as an instrument, considering as variables the clinical history, age, number of pregnancies, number of prenatal care, gestational age at the first obstetric psychoprophylaxis session and the number of psychoprophylaxis sessions recorded. Results: the study included 165 medical records of pregnant women whose deliveries were attended at the daniel alcides carrión maternal and child center in lima during 2019, from which it was found that 69.09 % of the pregnant women ranged from 18 to 29 years of age; 77. 58 % of them were multiparous, 69 % showed more than 3 prenatal care, 91 % started their first obstetric psychoprophylaxis session between 28 to 37 weeks, 55.76 % had 4 to 6 obstetric psychoprophylaxis sessions and 68 % had a duration of up to 6 hours in the dilation period ‐ active phase. Conclusions: obstetric psychoprophylaxis has shown a significant level of incidence with respect to the duration of the active phase dilation period, demonstrating the benefit obtained by the pregnant woman during labor.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal; Universidad Privada de Huancayo Franklin Roosevelt