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Revista Matronas

Revista Matronas

ABRIL 2017 N° 1 Volumen 5

Folic acid periconceptional use in postpartum women in Instituto Materno Perinatal, Lima-Perú 2016

Section: Originales

Authors

1 Rocío Mercedes Choy Rojas, 2 Emilio Vega Gonzales

Position

1 Bachiller en Obstetricia, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima).2 Magíster en Docencia e Investigación en Salud, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima).

Contact email: chio191@hotmail.com

Abstract

Folic acid (FA) use is very important in periconceptional time due to the benefit for the fetus, particularly to prevent neural tube closing defects.
Purpose: To describe periconceptional use of folic acid in postpartum women in Instituto Materno Perinatal (INMP), during March 2016.
Methods: a descriptive study in a sample of 252 women admitted to INMP, based on a survey and supported by the evidence from clinical charts.
Results: in 42.46% of postpartum women, FA use was identified in periconceptional time; 47.66% and 43% of them started FA use in second and third gestational months, respectively. Folic acid doses were mostly within the range recommended by the Ministry of Health (> 400 mg/day), although a worryingly low proportion of women used lower doses, with percentage being reduced in 42.86% before pregnancy and to 13.08% in the third month. Multivitamin supplement were the most commonly used forms, with 71.43% before pregnancy and 45.79% in the third gestational month; and an increasing preference was observed for exclusive folic acid or iron-combined supplements.
Conclusions: periconceptional use of FA is higher in second and third gestational months, mostly using doses recommended by Ministry of Health (> 400 mg/day), and multivitamin supplements being the preferred forms.

Keywords:

folic acid; periconceptional time; vitamin supplements

Versión en Español

Título:

Consumo periconcepcional de ácido fólico en mujeres puérperas atendidas en el Instituto Materno Perinatal, Lima-Perú 2016

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