Prevalence of psychoactive substance use in pregnant and puerperal women

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Karen Barcelos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Juliane Portella, Dilélio, Alitéia Santiago, Tavares, Amanda Rosário, Franchini, Beatriz, Hartmann, Melissa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/54544
• topic: Nursing; Pregnancy; High-risk; Postpartum Period; Drug Users; Maternal-child Health Services; Saúde materno-infantil; Gravidez de alto risco; Período pós-parto; Usuários de drogas; Serviços de saúde materno-infantil; Enfermagem; Uso de substâncias em gestantes e puérperas

Objective: to investigate the prevalence of psychoactive substance use in pregnant and puerperal women attended at an outpatient clinic in a teaching hospital. Method: A descriptive transversal research with a sample of 174 pregnant and puerperal women. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and a sociodemographic and obstetric-gynecologic survey were utilized in data collection. Data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics. Results: the prevalence of psychoactive substance use among pregnant women was of 28.7% and 1.1% among puerperal women, with alcohol and tobacco as highlights. Tobacco constitutes the substance with greater frequency of use, triggering greater desire/urgency of consummation and a higher rate of intake lowering attempts. Conclusion: the use of psychoactive substances among pregnant and puerperal women constitutes a challenge to public health and for health professionals, eliciting the development of educational actions as well as early identification of these women.