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Contraceção oral : avaliação de conhecimentos e perceções
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Segundo o Inquérito Nacional de Saúde (INS) realizado em 2014, aproximadamente 55% das mulheres portuguesas usavam algum tipo de método contracetivo (MC). Destas, quase 70% afirmou utilizar a pílula, nome vulgarmente atribuído aos contracetivos orais hormonais em geral, como principal meio de evitar uma gravidez.
A pílula é, efetivamente, uma das maiores descobertas científica do século XX e revela, por isso, uma enorme importância do ponto de vista económico e cientifico a nível mundial.
Muito se tem estudado ao longo dos anos e muitas descobertas têm sido feitas, desde que Gregory Pincus se interessou pela biologia hormonal e reprodutiva. Logo após a introdução no mercado dos primeiros comprimidos, na altura com elevados níveis de hormonas, alguns efeitos secundários surgiram, culminando na necessidade de desenvolver pílulas com quantidades menores de hormonas. Muitos avanços se têm feito nesse especto e atualmente temos CO com quantidades hormonais reduzidas. Mas os estudos não cessaram e o interesse é cada vez maior, levando a várias descobertas sobre os benefícios não anticoncecionais do uso de CO.
Mas, num mundo modernizado, interligado e habituado a excessos de informação, será interessante refletir sobre qual a qualidade com que esta chega às utilizadoras de CO e de que forma essa informação é desencriptada e transmitida umas pelas outras. Esse excesso de informação, muitas das vezes com pouco rigor e qualidade científica, leva a que comecem a surgir certos mitos sobre a contraceção oral.
Numa altura em que se questiona o perfil de segurança e o contrabalanço entre os riscos e os benefícios associados à sua toma, é importante avaliar o nível de conhecimento das utilizadoras de CO e identificar e desmistificar os mitos criados ao longo dos anos sobre esta temática.
According to the National Survey of Health (NIH) conducted in 2014, approximately 55% of Portuguese women used some form of contraception. Of these, nearly 70% reported using the pill, name commonly attributed to hormonal oral contraceptives in general, as the primary means of avoiding pregnancy. The pill is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and reveals, therefore, of great importance for economi and science. Much has been studied over the years and many discoveries have been made since Gregory Pincus was interested in the hormonal and reproductive biology. Shortly after the introduction of the first pills in the market at the time with high levels of hormones, some side effects have emerged, resulting in the need to develop pills with smaller quantities of hormones. Many advances have been made in this-spectrum and we currently have OC with reduced hormonal amounts. But studies have not ceased and the interest is growing, leading to several discoveries about the benefits of oral contraceptives (OC) use. But in a modernized, interconnected and world used the information excesses, it will be interesting to reflect on what the quality with which it reaches the users of OC and how this information is decrypted and transmitted for each other. This excess of information, often with little scientific rigor and quality lead to beginning to emerge certain myths about oral contraception. At a time when questions are being made about safety profile and balance between the risks and benefits associated with your take, it is important to assess the level of knowledge of OC users and identify and debunk the myths created over the years on this subject.
According to the National Survey of Health (NIH) conducted in 2014, approximately 55% of Portuguese women used some form of contraception. Of these, nearly 70% reported using the pill, name commonly attributed to hormonal oral contraceptives in general, as the primary means of avoiding pregnancy. The pill is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the twentieth century and reveals, therefore, of great importance for economi and science. Much has been studied over the years and many discoveries have been made since Gregory Pincus was interested in the hormonal and reproductive biology. Shortly after the introduction of the first pills in the market at the time with high levels of hormones, some side effects have emerged, resulting in the need to develop pills with smaller quantities of hormones. Many advances have been made in this-spectrum and we currently have OC with reduced hormonal amounts. But studies have not ceased and the interest is growing, leading to several discoveries about the benefits of oral contraceptives (OC) use. But in a modernized, interconnected and world used the information excesses, it will be interesting to reflect on what the quality with which it reaches the users of OC and how this information is decrypted and transmitted for each other. This excess of information, often with little scientific rigor and quality lead to beginning to emerge certain myths about oral contraception. At a time when questions are being made about safety profile and balance between the risks and benefits associated with your take, it is important to assess the level of knowledge of OC users and identify and debunk the myths created over the years on this subject.
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Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2016
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Contraceção oral Pílula Mitos Conhecimento Benefício Risco Mestrado Integrado - 2016