Gama, Zenewton André da SilvaSousa, Kelienny de Meneses2020-05-222020-05-222020-02-28SOUSA, Kelienny de Meneses. Qualidade da atenção obstétrica e neonatal: boas práticas, eventos adversos e efeitos do checklist para parto seguro da OMS. 2020. 312f. Tese (Doutorado em Saúde Coletiva) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2020.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/29054Monitoring the quality and safety of childbirth care is essential to control persistent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Brazil. However, obstetric services, in general, do not have a system for monitoring indicators of childbirth care. To improve the quality of care in childbirth, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC). The evidence demonstrates its potential effect on the improvement of good practices, however new studies need to assess its impact on the childbirth complications and adverse events. The objective was to evaluate and compare adherence to Good Practices (GP) and the incidence of Adverse Events (AE) in maternity hospitals in Brazil and Mexico; develop and evaluate the usability of a software for monitoring obstetric and neonatal indicators; and to analyze adherence and the effect of implementing of the SCC on the quality of care. This is a study that is part of a larger multicenter study carried out in two Brazilian and five Mexican hospitals, members of the WHO “Safe Childbirth Checklist Collaboration” initiative. A mixed methodological design was carried out: sectional study of baseline assessment; methodological study of software validation; and quasi-experimental study of uncontrolled time series for intervention with checklist. We retrospectively reviewed 1,440 birth records in Brazil and 2,707 in Mexico during 24 successive two-week periods in the 2015-2016 period. The main analysis included chi-square associations and statistical quality control charts. The software developed in this study is useful in monitoring indicators, presenting evaluation reports containing descriptive tables and graphs of longitudinal and transversal monitoring of estimates. Before the implementation of the checklist, a low adherence to GP and a high incidence of AE was identified in institutions in both countries, especially in Brazilian hospitals (26.8% of GP and 16.0% of AE) and in those of third level of complexity (24.5% GP and 27.2% AE). After its implementation in Brazilian services, even with a low level of filling of the checklist (20.7%), a significant increase (p <0.001) was found in the general compliance with nine GP recommended by the checklist (management of hypertensive disorders and immediate care for mother and baby) (45.4% before and 49.2% post-intervention; relative improvement of 7.0%). There was also a significant reduction (p <0.05) in the rate of deliveries with severe hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, AE and in the incidence of uterine rupture, obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension. The use of the Plataforma QualiParto (in Portuguese) (qualiparto.ccs.ufrn.br) by the services contributed to the quality control activity, being positively evaluated in terms of content, functioning, utility and satisfaction. This study signals problems in adherence to GP and AE avoidable in Brazilian and Mexican maternity hospitals. Monitoring indicators on this topic is an essential activity for quality management, and the QualiParto software described and tested can assist in the control of these measures. The multifaceted intervention based on the checklist was effective in improving GP and AE in Brazilian maternity hospitals with different profiles. Although the adoption of this technology appears to be promising in inducing evidence-based practices, partial adherence to its use possibly limited its benefits.Acesso AbertoQualidade de assistência à saúdeSegurança do pacienteServiços de saúde materno-infantilLista de verificaçãoIndicadores de serviçosdoctoralThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA