The objective of the present study was to evaluate the completeness and agreement between data obtained from the Live Birth Information System (SINASC) and hospital records for high neonatal risk situations. Using RecLink III software, a probabilistic data linkage was carried out using databases from a Public Health Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and SINASC (years 2005-2006), which made possible the analysis of data from 170 live births with very low birth weight (between 500g and 1,499g), present at both databases. Variables evaluated were: maternal age, number of antenatal care visits, delivery type, sex, birth weight, Apgar score at 1st and 5th minutes and gestational age. Completeness in SINASC varied from 91.8% (1st minute Apgar Score) to 100% (variables sex, delivery type and maternal age). To evaluate agreement, kappa coefficient was used for dichotomous variables, weighted kappa was used for ordinal variables and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman graphic approach were used for continuous variables. Agreement was considered good to excellent for 1ST minute Apgar score (weighted kappa = 0.98), delivery type (kappa = 0.96), maternal age (ICC = 0.95), 5TH minute Apgar Score (weighted kappa = 0.93), sex (kappa = 0.92) and antenatal care visits (weighted kappa = 0.76), but only fair for gestational age (weighted kappa = 0.50) and birth weight (ICC = 0.57). Although birth weight might be more prone to registry errors in high risk neonatal populations, the elevated reliability observed for most variables analyzed corroborates SINASC importance as a source of information for perinatal epidemiology studies, even when dealing with high risk neonatal situations.
Rev. Bras. Saúde Matern. Infant., Recife, 13 (3): 237-246 jul. / set., 2013 237 ARTIGOS ORIGINAIS / ORIGINAL ARTICLES Infant mortality in a very low birth weight cohort from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Mortalidade infantil em coorte de muito baixo peso ao nascer de um hospital público no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrasilAbstractObjectives: to evaluate infant mortality in very low birth weight newborns from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002-2006.Methods: a retrospective cohort study was performed using the probabilistic linkage method to identify infant mortality. Mortality proportions were calculated according to birth weight intervals and period of death. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate overall cumulative survival probability. The association between maternal schooling and survival of very low birth weight infants was evaluated by means of Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for: prenatal care, birth weight, and gestational age.Results: the study included 782 very low birth weight newborns. Of these, (28.6%) died before one year of age. Neonatal mortality was 19.5%, and early neonatal mortality was 14.9%. Mortality was highest in the lowest weight group (71.6%). Newborns whose mothers had less than four years of schooling had 2.5 times higher risk of death than those whose mothers had eight years of schooling or more, even after adjusting for intermediate factors.Conclusions: the results showed higher mortality among very low birth weight infants. Low schooling was an independent predictor of infant death in this low-income population sample.
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