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OBJECTIVES: 1) To identify the patient's perception of invasion of territorial and personal space and 2) to evaluate whether personal characteristics, housing conditions and characteristics of the hospital unit affect this perception. METHODS: Analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study. An adapted version of the "Anxiety Due to Territory and Space Intrusion Questionnaire" was applied with patients hospitalized in the internal medicine and maternity wards and in the ward for patients with private health insurance of a university hospital in the state of São Paulo. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 300 patients. The mean total score of the questionnaire administered was 143.58 (SD = 18.88). The mean subscale scores for territorial space and personal space invasion were 89.10 (SD = 15.29) and 54.48 (SD = 10.58), respectively. The invasion of territorial space differed significantly between patients with and without children (p = 0.02) and for the number of people living in the residence (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Attitudes of the nursing staff, such as touching the patient's possessions without permission and exposing the patient, caused discomfort and violated patient privacy. Patients who were lonelier and had more privacy at home perceived greater invasion of their territorial space by the nursing professionals.
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Patients/psychology , Perception , Adolescent , Adult , Anxiety , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Hospitalization , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Personal Space , Privacy , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, pre-pregnancy and gestational obesity and verify the association with the birth weight of the newborn. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 712 pregnant women admitted for delivery at the School of Medicine of Jundiaí hospital. The variables studied were socio-demographics, pregnancy, pre-pregnancy weight, prenatal care, total gestational weight gain and birth weight of the newborn. The majority (99.7%) had a pre-natal and 84.6% > 6 visits. The prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight was 34.7%, and excessive total weight gain was 36.9%. A significant association was observed between the pregnant women's BMI classification and the newborn's weight (NB) classification and between total weight gain classification of the mother and the newborn's weight classification. In pregnant women with excessive weight a higher prevalence of newborns with appropriate weight was observed. In contrast, women with insufficient weight gain had 2.15 times higher risk of underweight newborns and 2.85 times higher risk of low weight newborns. Although a significant percentage of overweight pregnant women was observed, this influenced the insufficient weight of the pregnant woman though not the birth weight of the newborns.
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Birth Weight , Overweight/epidemiology , Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology , Weight Gain , Adolescent , Adult , Brazil , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Prevalence , Young AdultABSTRACT
O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade pré-gravídica e gestacional e verificar a associação com o peso ao nascer do concepto. Estudo descritivo, transversal, quantitativo, realizado com 712 gestantes internadas para o parto no hospital da Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí. Variáveis estudadas: perfil sociodemográfico, gestacional, peso pré-gravídico, assistência pré-natal, ganho de peso gestacional total e peso ao nascer do concepto. A maioria (99,7%) realizou pré-natal, 84,6% > seis consultas. Prevalência de excesso de peso pré-gravídico (34,7%) e de ganho de peso total excessivo (36,9%). Associação significativa foi observada entre classificação do IMC inicial da gestante e classificação do peso do recém-nascido (RN) e entre classificação do ganho de peso total da gestante e classificação do peso do RN. Nas gestantes com peso excessivo observou-se maior prevalência de RN com peso adequado, em contrapartida, gestantes com ganho de peso insuficiente tiveram 2,15 vezes mais risco de RN com peso insuficiente e 2,85 vezes mais risco de RN com baixo peso. Conclui-se que embora observado importante percentual de gestantes com excesso de peso, este, não influenciou no peso ao nascer do concepto e sim, o peso insuficiente da gestante.
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, pre-pregnancy and gestational obesity and verify the association with the birth weight of the newborn. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 712 pregnant women admitted for delivery at the School of Medicine of Jundiaí hospital. The variables studied were socio-demographics, pregnancy, pre-pregnancy weight, prenatal care, total gestational weight gain and birth weight of the newborn. The majority (99.7%) had a pre-natal and 84.6% > 6 visits. The prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight was 34.7%, and excessive total weight gain was 36.9%. A significant association was observed between the pregnant women's BMI classification and the newborn's weight (NB) classification and between total weight gain classification of the mother and the newborn's weight classification. In pregnant women with excessive weight a higher prevalence of newborns with appropriate weight was observed. In contrast, women with insufficient weight gain had 2.15 times higher risk of underweight newborns and 2.85 times higher risk of low weight newborns. Although a significant percentage of overweight pregnant women was observed, this influenced the insufficient weight of the pregnant woman though not the birth weight of the newborns.
