Evaluation of data on live birth certificates from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) in Campinas, São Paulo, 2009

• Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 183 - 188
• Main Authors: Gabriel, Guilherme Paiva, Chiquetto, Letícia, Morcillo, André Moreno, Ferreira, Maria do Carmo, Bazan, Ivan Gilberto M, Daolio, Luísa Dias, Lemos, Jéssica J Rocha, Carniel, Emília de Faria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Birth Certificates; Brazil; Cross-Sectional Studies; Databases as Topic; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Information Systems - standards; Live Birth; Original; Birth certificates; Declaração de nascimento; Nascidos vivos; Live births; Sistemas de informação; Information systems
• ISSN: 0103-0582; 1984-0462
• DOI: 10.1590/0103-0582201432306

To assess the completeness and reliability of the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc) data. A cross-sectional analysis of the reliability and completeness of Sinasc's data was performed using a sample of Live Birth Certificate (LBC) from 2009, related to births from Campinas, Southeast Brazil. For data analysis, hospitals were grouped according to category of service (Unified National Health System, private or both), 600 LBCs were randomly selected and the data were collected in LBC-copies through mothers and newborns' hospital records and by telephone interviews. The completeness of LBCs was evaluated, calculating the percentage of blank fields, and the LBCs agreement comparing the originals with the copies was evaluated by Kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients. The percentage of completeness of LBCs ranged from 99.8%-100%. For the most items, the agreement was excellent. However, the agreement was acceptable for marital status, maternal education and newborn infants' race/color, low for prenatal visits and presence of birth defects, and very low for the number of deceased children. The results showed that the municipality Sinasc is reliable for most of the studied variables. Investments in training of the professionals are suggested in an attempt to improve system capacity to support planning and implementation of health activities for the benefit of maternal and child population.