Assessment of access to Women's Health in the Northeast Region of Brazil in time of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: Menezes, Juliana Pereira de Lucena
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Alves, Rebeca Feitosa Dória, Santana, Joanna Sousa da Fonsêca, Rosa, Cássia Fernanda dos Santos, Nascimento, Carmem Isaura Salles do, Lima, Adrielle Karolina Ribeiro, Fontes, Gabriela de Queiroz, Dantas, Maria Eduarda Pereira, Nogueira, Marina de Pádua
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31852
• topic: Women's Health; Pandemics; COVID-19.; Salud de la Mujer; Pandemias; COVID-19.; Saúde da Mulher; Pandemias; COVID-19.

Objectives: This research aims to analyze the impact of the pandemic by COVID-19 on access to intimate health of women in the Northeast region of Brazil. Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study, through its online questionnaire, with northeastern women from 18 years of age. The sample calculation was performed using the population parameter estimate equation, finding a minimum "n" of 385 people. The form was published through social networks, with the participation of 463 women. Results: The profile socio-demographic study was composed chiefly of white women (52.3%), between 18-24 years old (47.5%), and had health insurance (78.4%). Of the 100 women who did not have access to supplementary health, 56% depended exclusively on the SUS. Of the 463 participants, 63.8% consulted during the pandemic, 33% did not see, and 3.2% made appointments but had not yet gone. Among those that depended exclusively on the SUS, 67.3% were not attended, a percentage approximately twice as high as that of the general sample. As for the women who attended the visits, 44.5% faced some difficulty in accessing the consultation, and 84.3% of these limitations arose or worsened because of the pandemic. Conclusion: Although most participants had good conditions, one-third did not consult during the pandemic. Due to several factors, it is notorious that this period negatively impacted women's health, reducing the number of queries and increasing access difficulties.