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Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenge for women’s sexual and reproductive health care. The objective of this research was to analyse access to sexual and reproductive health services during confinement in Spain. (2) Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conduct...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9318611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144074 |
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author | Leon-Larios, Fatima Silva Reus, Isabel Lahoz Pascual, Isabel Quílez Conde, José Cruz Puente Martínez, María José Gutiérrez Ales, José Correa Rancel, Marta |
author_facet | Leon-Larios, Fatima Silva Reus, Isabel Lahoz Pascual, Isabel Quílez Conde, José Cruz Puente Martínez, María José Gutiérrez Ales, José Correa Rancel, Marta |
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description | (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenge for women’s sexual and reproductive health care. The objective of this research was to analyse access to sexual and reproductive health services during confinement in Spain. (2) Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample that was stratified by age in July and August 2020. (3) Results: A total of 1800 women were invited to participate, obtaining a response rate of 98.72%. The frequency of sexual relationships reduced during confinement. Counselling was offered both in person (30.7%) and telematically (39%), although there were also women who experienced access problems (30%). Of those women who required some LARC, only half had access to it, mainly due to the contact difficulties as a result of the limited number of consultations with their prescribing physicians. The use of emergency oral contraception and the use of services for the voluntary interruption of pregnancy were considerably reduced. The women who stated having been victims of gender-based violence were those that lived with their aggressors during confinement and had children. (4) Conclusions: It is necessary to ensure sexual and reproductive rights in confinement times and, for such a purpose, telemedicine can be a good tool that helps to avoid unmet contraceptive needs and unplanned pregnancies. |
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spelling | pubmed-93186112022-07-27 Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain Leon-Larios, Fatima Silva Reus, Isabel Lahoz Pascual, Isabel Quílez Conde, José Cruz Puente Martínez, María José Gutiérrez Ales, José Correa Rancel, Marta J Clin Med Article (1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenge for women’s sexual and reproductive health care. The objective of this research was to analyse access to sexual and reproductive health services during confinement in Spain. (2) Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample that was stratified by age in July and August 2020. (3) Results: A total of 1800 women were invited to participate, obtaining a response rate of 98.72%. The frequency of sexual relationships reduced during confinement. Counselling was offered both in person (30.7%) and telematically (39%), although there were also women who experienced access problems (30%). Of those women who required some LARC, only half had access to it, mainly due to the contact difficulties as a result of the limited number of consultations with their prescribing physicians. The use of emergency oral contraception and the use of services for the voluntary interruption of pregnancy were considerably reduced. The women who stated having been victims of gender-based violence were those that lived with their aggressors during confinement and had children. (4) Conclusions: It is necessary to ensure sexual and reproductive rights in confinement times and, for such a purpose, telemedicine can be a good tool that helps to avoid unmet contraceptive needs and unplanned pregnancies. MDPI 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9318611/ /pubmed/35887838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144074 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Leon-Larios, Fatima Silva Reus, Isabel Lahoz Pascual, Isabel Quílez Conde, José Cruz Puente Martínez, María José Gutiérrez Ales, José Correa Rancel, Marta Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title | Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title_full | Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title_fullStr | Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title_full_unstemmed | Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title_short | Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
title_sort | women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services during confinement due to the covid-19 pandemic in spain |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9318611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35887838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11144074 |
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