Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women’s Health in Brazil
Lander Dos Santos,1 Kely Paviani Stevanato,1 Igor Roszkowski,1 Raíssa Bocchi Pedroso,1 Fernando Castilho Pelloso,2 Karina Maria Salvatore Freitas,3 Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho,1 Sandra Marisa Pelloso1,3 1State University of Maringá, Maringá, Parana, Brazil; 2Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba...
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oai:doaj.org-article:d08db3ba187b4981a490cc1b147518ca2021-11-18T19:40:25ZImpact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women’s Health in Brazil1178-2390https://doaj.org/article/d08db3ba187b4981a490cc1b147518ca2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-womens-health-in-brazil-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2390Lander Dos Santos,1 Kely Paviani Stevanato,1 Igor Roszkowski,1 Raíssa Bocchi Pedroso,1 Fernando Castilho Pelloso,2 Karina Maria Salvatore Freitas,3 Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho,1 Sandra Marisa Pelloso1,3 1State University of Maringá, Maringá, Parana, Brazil; 2Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; 3Faculdade Ingá, Maringá, Parana, BrazilCorrespondence: Kely Paviani StevanatoProgram in Health Science from the State University of Maringá, Colombo Avenue, Maringá, 5790, Paraná, BrazilTel/Fax +55 44 3011-4040Email kelystevanato@gmail.comPurpose: The aim is to verify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s healthcare and medical assistance in Brazil.Patients and Methods: This exploratory cross-sectional study evaluated a non-probabilistic sample of women above 20 years old, carried out between August and September of 2020, through a snowball sampling using a Google Forms application.Results: From a total of 2495 women, more than 70% have not been screened for cervical cancer (77.8% of 2244 women aged for screening), and more than 80% have not been screened for breast cancer (80.2% from 1325 women aged for mammography) during the pandemic. Also, 55.2% of the women did not undergo routine blood tests during the same period. The most frequent reasons for not performing screening and routine tests were: they were up to date; fear of contracting Covid-19; they decided to postpone it until after the end of the pandemic; they were unable to schedule the appointment at the healthcare center for whatever reason; and the healthcare center was only attending Covid-19 patients. Women with no comorbidities have performed significantly more mammograms and routine blood tests than women with comorbidities. In addition, women with comorbidities who were used to perform periodic medical follow-up have done it substantially more than women with no comorbidities during the pandemic.Conclusion: As observed, there was a significant decrease in women’s access to the healthcare system during this pandemic. Many participants reported that they had not attended any screening tests, and some reasons included fear of getting infected and due to the public measures of social distancing. The consequences are late diagnoses and a worse prognosis. It might impact the healthcare systems around the world in the next few years. Further studies should be done to follow these consequences.Keywords: health impact assessment, Sars-Cov-2 infection, pandemic, women’s healthSantos LDStevanato KPRoszkowski IPedroso RBPelloso FCFreitas KMSCarvalho MDBPelloso SMDove Medical Pressarticlehealth impact assessmentsars-cov-2 infectionpandemicwomen's healthMedicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Vol Volume 14, Pp 3205-3211 (2021) |
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Lander Dos Santos,1 Kely Paviani Stevanato,1 Igor Roszkowski,1 Raíssa Bocchi Pedroso,1 Fernando Castilho Pelloso,2 Karina Maria Salvatore Freitas,3 Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho,1 Sandra Marisa Pelloso1,3 1State University of Maringá, Maringá, Parana, Brazil; 2Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; 3Faculdade Ingá, Maringá, Parana, BrazilCorrespondence: Kely Paviani StevanatoProgram in Health Science from the State University of Maringá, Colombo Avenue, Maringá, 5790, Paraná, BrazilTel/Fax +55 44 3011-4040Email kelystevanato@gmail.comPurpose: The aim is to verify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s healthcare and medical assistance in Brazil.Patients and Methods: This exploratory cross-sectional study evaluated a non-probabilistic sample of women above 20 years old, carried out between August and September of 2020, through a snowball sampling using a Google Forms application.Results: From a total of 2495 women, more than 70% have not been screened for cervical cancer (77.8% of 2244 women aged for screening), and more than 80% have not been screened for breast cancer (80.2% from 1325 women aged for mammography) during the pandemic. Also, 55.2% of the women did not undergo routine blood tests during the same period. The most frequent reasons for not performing screening and routine tests were: they were up to date; fear of contracting Covid-19; they decided to postpone it until after the end of the pandemic; they were unable to schedule the appointment at the healthcare center for whatever reason; and the healthcare center was only attending Covid-19 patients. Women with no comorbidities have performed significantly more mammograms and routine blood tests than women with comorbidities. In addition, women with comorbidities who were used to perform periodic medical follow-up have done it substantially more than women with no comorbidities during the pandemic.Conclusion: As observed, there was a significant decrease in women’s access to the healthcare system during this pandemic. Many participants reported that they had not attended any screening tests, and some reasons included fear of getting infected and due to the public measures of social distancing. The consequences are late diagnoses and a worse prognosis. It might impact the healthcare systems around the world in the next few years. Further studies should be done to follow these consequences.Keywords: health impact assessment, Sars-Cov-2 infection, pandemic, women’s health |
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