“INFLUENCIA DEL NIVEL DE ESTRÉS PRENATAL, EN EL NEURODESARROLLO INFANTIL TEMPRANO. HOSPITAL TEODORO MALDONADO 2016”

Abstract

Background: It is believed that mental health in pregnant women affects fetal development. Therefore, disorders in this area would trigger a series of events that would eventually alter the optimal neonatal and infant outcome. As the number of women of childbearing age who works increased, and work is, a common cause of anxiety is considered to have a greater number of women with anxiety and therefore a greater number of alterations of child development, especially in with regard to the different aspects of neurodevelopment. Methodology: an observational, analytical, prospective in which randomly included 91 pregnant after childbirth treated in Teodoro Maldonado Hospital from Guayaquil, in the 2016 year, agreed informedly those included participation was made, with children without pathologies, mothers without mental retardation or without near miss, nulliparous. The products could not be more than two months. Unemployed mothers, children with congenital malformation and wants to leave the study were excluded. In maternal anxiety level he was assessed with PRAQR2 and the BDI tool for child neurodevelopment. For comparison of variables the Kruskal-Wallis test was used considered significant at P <0.05. Results: The total level of stress among pregnant was 3 o > 93.4%. The stress level was not influenced by age, income, marital status and the level of education not significantly influenced (P> 0.05). in relation to child neurodevelopment degree, 65.9% of children included in the study received a score of 1. The neurodevelopmental level was not affected by sex or birth canal. The relationship between stress level score and score the level of development showed no significant difference (P 0.594) Conclusions: The level of maternal anxiety does not appear to influence the child neurodevelopment early.