Malnutrición por exceso durante la gestación: análisis de tendencia secular y de factores asociados, Región de La Araucanía, Chile / Secular trend for overweight and excessive weight gain during pregnancy in a Southern Chilean region

BACKGROUND: Overweight during pregnancy has increased in Chile. In the region of La Araucanía it occurs in 67% of pregnancies, which exceeds the national indicators. AIM: To analyze the secular trend during eight years of the nutritional status at the beginning of gestation, the excessive weight gain during pregnancy, and its association with individual factors in pregnant women cared the public health system of two Southern Chilean neighboring cities. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional and longitudinal trend design. We used an anonymized database with 17,270 reproductive data of urban pregnant women who were cared between 2009 and 2016. Trend analysis was performed to evaluate secular changes (nptrend < 0.05) in nutritional indicators and logistic regression to determine the association with individual characteristics. RESULTS: In the study period, overweight at the beginning of pregnancy increased by 13.1 percentage points. Forty percent of pregnant women with normal initial body mass index, were overweight or obese at the end of pregnancy. The excessive weight gain decreased slightly (z=-3.33, p = 0.001), but unevenly in both cities. Adolescent pregnancy, a low education and low socio-economic level of household together with previous overweight and a family or personal history of chronic diseases are associated with excessive gestational weight gain. Conclusions: The results show social inequality. Female malnutrition by excess is a problem that must be addressed through a robust public policy, centered on primary health care level and with a focus on social determinants. Prenatal care provides a window of opportunity to intervene.

[Secular trend for overweight and excessive weight gain during pregnancy in a Southern Chilean region]. / Malnutrición por exceso durante la gestación: análisis de tendencia secular y de factores asociados, Región de La Araucanía, Chile.

BACKGROUND: Overweight during pregnancy has increased in Chile. In the region of La Araucanía it occurs in 67% of pregnancies, which exceeds the national indicators. AIM: To analyze the secular trend during eight years of the nutritional status at the beginning of gestation, the excessive weight gain during pregnancy, and its association with individual factors in pregnant women cared the public health system of two Southern Chilean neighboring cities. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional and longitudinal trend design. We used an anonymized database with 17,270 reproductive data of urban pregnant women who were cared between 2009 and 2016. Trend analysis was performed to evaluate secular changes (nptrend < 0.05) in nutritional indicators and logistic regression to determine the association with individual characteristics. RESULTS: In the study period, overweight at the beginning of pregnancy increased by 13.1 percentage points. Forty percent of pregnant women with normal initial body mass index, were overweight or obese at the end of pregnancy. The excessive weight gain decreased slightly (z=-3.33, p = 0.001), but unevenly in both cities. Adolescent pregnancy, a low education and low socio-economic level of household together with previous overweight and a family or personal history of chronic diseases are associated with excessive gestational weight gain. CONCLUSIONS: The results show social inequality. Female malnutrition by excess is a problem that must be addressed through a robust public policy, centered on primary health care level and with a focus on social determinants. Prenatal care provides a window of opportunity to intervene.

Representación de la violencia obstétrica que construyen profesionales matronas de la ciudad de Temuco / Representation of obstetric violence as understood by professional midwives in the city of Temuco

INTRODUCCIÓN: La presente investigación tiene como finalidad caracterizar las representaciones acerca de la violencia obstétrica de profesionales matronas de la ciudad de Temuco, quienes enfrentan el proceso de preparto, parto y puerperio cotidianamente. MÉTODO: Investigación cualitativa con un muestreo intencional, de caso tipo. Se entrevistó a nueve matronas vía online hasta la saturación de la información. Los datos se analizaron de forma manual mediante análisis descriptivo y se trianguló por investigador. RESULTADOS: Las profesionales coinciden en que la violencia obstétrica es una conducta de maltrato ejercida por acción u omisión, y se manifiesta de forma física o verbal. Como factor de riesgo de ejercerla mencionan estrés y falta de empatía, y como consecuencias, daño físico para la mujer y principalmente daño psicológico, como estrés postraumático y depresión. CONCLUSIONES: Las entrevistadas coinciden en que la violencia obstétrica es un problema que debe visibilizarse, y se refieren a la capacitación y la humanización de la salud a través del desarrollo de la empatía como principal factor de prevención de la violencia obstétrica.

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this research is to characterize the representations of obstetric violence, from the perspective of midwives in Temuco. Those professionals face daily the process of labor, delivering and puerperium. METHOD: Qualitative research with intentional sampling, of a type case. Nine midwives were interviewed online until the information was saturated. Data was analyzed manually by descriptive analysis and triangulated with researchers. RESULTS: The professionals agree that obstetric violence is an abusive behavior exercised by action or omission and it can manifest itself physically or verbally. As a risk factor for exercising it, they mention stress and lack of empathy. The consequences of the violence for women are physical and mainly psychological damage, such as post-traumatic stress and depression. CONCLUSIONS: The interviewees agree that obstetric violence is a problem, and light needs to be shed on it. According to them, the main factors for preventing obstetric violence are training and the humanization of health through the development of empathy.

Embodiment of social roles and thinness as a form of capital: A qualitative approach towards understanding female obesity disparities in Chile.

Obesity in Chile disproportionately affects women of low socioeconomic status (SES). Research has shown that ideals of body size and differences in perceived social pressure for being slim across socioeconomic strata contribute to the social stratification of body size among women in modern societies. Thinness is most valued by high SES women, following western standards of ideal body size. Aiming to understand the link between ideals of body size and SES, this qualitative study explored how 36 Chilean women construct their bodily ideals according to their social position. A purposive sample of women with different profiles with regard to educational attainment, nutritional status and body size (dis)satisfaction was defined, aiming to cover a diverse spectrum of bodily perceptions. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and approached through a thematic and narrative analysis. Drawing on Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field, capital and embodiment of the social context, this study explains how ideals of body size and appearance are strongly linked to class-dependent gender roles and social roles. The existing gender and class inequalities in the Chilean social structure have been literally embodied by these women through a 'gendered class habitus'. Compliance with the thin ideal confers women different degrees of power according to their social position in different fields, such as in marriage and on the labour market, which turns thinness into an embodied form of capital. The societal dynamic behind obesity rates cannot be disregarded when approaching possible solutions. Promoting obesity-related lifestyle modification at an individual level might appear an over-simplistic and individualistic approach to a complex social issue. Context-oriented interventions that take cultural constructions of gender and social class into account might yield better results in the long term, while advocating for a more equitable society and social justice as a public health concern.

[Mother-newborn relational risk - Study of prevalence and associated variables]. / Riesgo relacional madre-recién nacido. Estudio de prevalencia y variables asociadas.

INTRODUCTION: Clinical evidence reveals the importance of mother-newborn bonding experience for health promoting and maintenance of human life. If the newborn lacks care and affection, she/he may develop an attachment disorder. A predictive scale regarding the risk of mothernewborn relationships is available, which makes possible an early intervention to prevent the development of relational disorders. The aim of this study is to apply the Kimelman measurement scale to determine the relational risk in mother-newborn pairs, as well as the prevalence and the associated biopsychosocial variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 333 mother-infant pairs in postpartum maternity at Temuco hospital. The Kimelman mother-newborn attachment assessment guide was used. Biopsychosocial variables were obtained from the mothers studied. The association of biopsychosocial variables with relational risk was analyzed using OR and confidence intervals of 95%. RESULTS: The prevalence of high relational risk was 43.8%. The associated biopsychosocial variables included, women with no steady partner, single parent, teenage mothers, unwanted and unplanned pregnancy. CONCLUSION: Almost half of the mothers were in the high risk group. Early identification of relational risk and its related variables could help in the intervention in this vulnerable group.

Riesgo relacional madre-recién nacido: Estudio de prevalencia y variables asociadas / Mother-newborn relational risk: Study of prevalence and associated variables

Introducción: Existen pruebas clínicas que revelan la importancia del vínculo seguro para la salud y para el mantenimiento coherente de la vida humana. Si el recién nacido carece de cuidados y afectos podría desarrollar un trastorno del apego. Existe una escala predictiva de riesgo relacional que permitiría intervenir precozmente en la díada madre-recién nacido, para prevenir el desarrollo de trastornos vinculares. El objetivo fue aplicar la escala de Kimelman para riesgo relacional en díadas madre-recién nacido, para determinar la prevalencia y las variables biopsicosociales asociadas. Pacientes y Método: Estudio de corte transversal con una muestra no probabilística de 333 díadas que permanecen en puerperio en la maternidad del hospital de Temuco. Se utilizó la pauta de evaluación relacional madre-recién nacidos de Kimelman. Las variables biopsicosociales se obtuvieron de una encuesta a las madres. Se analizó la asociación de variables biopsicosociales con riesgo relacional, utilizando odds ratio (OR) e intervalos de confianza (IC) del 95%. Resultados: La prevalencia de alto riesgo relacional fue del 43,8%. Las variables biopsicosociales asociadas fueron: mujeres sin pareja estable, monoparentalidad, madres adolescentes, embarazo no deseado y no planificado, entre otras. Conclusión: El grupo de alto riesgo alcanza prácticamente a la mitad de las madres. La identificación precoz del riesgo relacional y sus variables relacionadas podría orientar la intervención en este grupo de mayor vulnerabilidad.

Introduction: Clinical evidence reveals the importance of mother-newborn bonding experience for health promoting and maintenance of human life. If the newborn lacks care and affection, she/he may develop an attachment disorder. A predictive scale regarding the risk of mother-newborn relationships is available, which makes possible an early intervention to prevent the development of relational disorders. The aim of this study is to apply the Kimelman measurement scale to determine the relational risk in mother-newborn pairs, as well as the prevalence and the associated biopsychosocial variables. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 333 mother-infant pairs in postpartum maternity at Temuco hospital. The Kimelman mother-newborn attachment assessment guide was used. Biopsychosocial variables were obtained from the mothers studied. The association of biopsychosocial variables with relational risk was analyzed using OR and confidence intervals of 95%. Results: The prevalence of high relational risk was 43.8%. The associated biopsychosocial variables included, women with no steady partner, single parent, teenage mothers, unwanted and unplanned pregnancy. Conclusion: Almost half of the mothers were in the high risk group. Early identification of relational risk and its related variables could help in the intervention in this vulnerable group.