Práticas alimentares : estudo realizado com crianças prematuras acompanhadas no ambulatório de alto risco de Santa Cruz do Sul.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the feeding practices of premature infants in the first year of life accompanied in the high-risk outpatient clinic of the city of Santa Cruz do Sul.Methods: This is a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study with closed form application. Afterwards, the data was tabulated and posted to a Microsoft Office Excel for Windows 2013.Results: 63 (100%) premature children were followed up at the high-risk outpatient clinic. Among the subjects in the study 43 (68.2%) were low birth weight, 44 (69.8%) were premature, moderate to late, between 32 and 36 weeks of gestation. Regarding the maternal profile, 51 (81%) corresponded to 20 to 40 years, 41 (65.1) mothers had previous preterm birth. In terms of food up to one year of age, at hospital discharge 28 (44.4%) had exclusive breastfeeding (AME), after hospital discharge 28 (44.4%) were fed SMA, at 3 months of age, 23 (36.5%) were receiving complementary breastfeeding, at six months of life 34 (54%) were already fed with some type of milk, baby food, porridge, juices and grated fruits. At the age of nine months, 50 (79.4%) fed with some type of milk, baby foods, porridge, juices and grated fruits. In the first year of life, 53 (84.1%) were fed with some type of milk and fed with meals equal to those of the family. Conclusion: It can be verified in the research that being premature did not prevent the practice of MA; however, food practices in the first year of life advocated by the Ministry of Health are not followed.