OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of the nursing diagnosis (ND) imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements during pregnancy and the association between ND and the sociodemographic and obstetric variables. METHODS: A transversal, descriptive, exploratory study conducted with 146 pregnant women seen in primary health care units, in a city in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza (Ceará). Data were collected by means of a prenatal nursing consultation form. We performed the calculation of Body Mass Index and the measurement of the triceps skin fold. RESULTS: The ND in this study was identified in 100 (68.4%) of the pregnant women. There was a statistically significant difference in age between women with and without the ND (p = 0.001), parity (p = 0.026) and gestational age (p = 0.002). CONCLUSION: The ND was determined to have a marked prevalence in pregnant women participating in the research, and was associated with preventable factors and associated with educational interventions in family planning, such as maternal age and parity.
Prevalence; Nursing diagnosis; Pregnant women; Prenatal nutrition
