Relationship between quality of life and sociodemographic and nutritional data in pregnant and postpartum women ; Relación entre la calidad de vida y datos sociodemográficos y nutricionales de embarazadas y puérperas ; Relação da qualidade de vida com dados sociodemográficos e nutricionais de gestantes e puérperas

Objective: To assess pregnant and postpartum women’s perception regarding quality of life and its relationship to sociodemographic and nutritional data. Methods: This quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a Family Health Strategy center in the city of Lajeado - Rio Grande do Sul, from June to September 2019 with 57 pregnant and postpartum women who answered a structured questionnaire used to collect sociodemographic and clinical data and the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Pregestational nutritional status and weight gain for gestational age were assessed, and the results were considered significant at a significance level of 5% (p≤0.05). Results: 41 pregnant and postpartum women rated their quality of life as good (72%), 43 were either satisfied or very satisfied with their health (75.4%) and were 32 were at normal weight (56.1%). There was an inverse correlation between self-rated quality of life and age (p≤0.01) and pregestational BMI was inversely related to satisfaction with health (p≤0.01) in pregnant and postpartum women. Normal weight was significantly associated with being “very satisfied” with health, and overweight was associated with being “dissatisfied” with health (p≤0.01). Conclusion: Self-rated quality of life was inversely associated with age, and satisfaction with health was inversely associated with pregestational body mass index in the pregnant and postpartum women analyzed. ; Objetivo: Investigar la percepción de calidad de vida de embarazadas y puérperas y su relación con datos sociodemográficos y nutricionales. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo y transversal de abordaje cuantitativo realizado en una Estrategia de Salud de la Familia del municipio de Lajeado, Río Grande de Sur Sul, en el período entre junio y septiembre de 2019 con 57 embarazadas y puérperas que contestaron una encuesta estructurada con datos sociodemográficos y clínicos y el cuestionario WHOQOL-BREF. Se evaluó el estado nutricional antes del embarazo y la ganancia de peso para la edad gestacional y los ...