Assessment of information on COVID-19 available on popular websites aimed at pregnant women

• Autor(a) principal: Pena , Marina Dumont
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Faria, Ana Paula Vieira, Maciel , Thalita Beatriz Santos, Silva , Marcela Maia Santos, Silva , Thales Philipe Rodrigues, Pena , Érica Dumont, Matozinhos , Fernanda Penido
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/40563
• topic: COVID-19; Internet; Saúde da Mulher; Educação em Saúde; COVID-19; Internet; Women's Health; Health Education; COVID-19; Internet; Salud de la Mujer; Educación en Salud

Objective: to assess whether information about covid-19 aimed at pregnant women, available on popular websites, is in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health. Methods: descriptive/comparative study, carried out on popular websites most accessed by lay women. A checklist was prepared with relevant information about covid-19 and pregnancy, based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Health and the literature. The checklist presented the topics: prenatal care; pregnant woman with suspected or diagnosed covid-19; breastfeeding; recommendations regarding the mode of delivery and termination of pregnancy; guidelines for labor and delivery; guidelines for postpartum care; pharmacological agents, other treatments, and monitoring of covid-19 infection; professional or non-professional pregnant women in the health area; and risk of infection by vertical and postpartum transmission. Results: after applying the checklist, 210 websites were selected for full content analysis. It was observed that none of them presented the content listed according to the evidence on pregnancy, delivery/birth, postpartum and covid-19 available to date. The most neglected information about covid-19 and pregnancy was in the information set on “Pharmacological agents, other treatments and monitoring of covid-19 infection”. Information about "prenatal care" was the one that most presented correct information on the analyzed websites. Conclusion: the websites provided important information for pregnant and postpartum women; however, this information was often incomplete. It is hoped that the evidence from this study can contribute to the improvement of health education, in order to indicate new possibilities of communication based on reliable sources.