Uso de métodos contraceptivos orais entre acadêmicas do curso de farmácia de uma faculdade na região metropolitana de Goiânia – Goiás

Abstract

The advancement of science, technology, and importance through the physiology of human reproduction has resulted in the development of current contraceptive modalities. Among these modalities are oral contraceptives (OCs), also called pills, which are also substances used to prevent pregnancy because of their estrogen and progesterone content COs are constituted as being one of the most competent configurations of reversible contraception, being used by about one hundred million women worldwide. The objective of this study was to verify the knowledge and the use of oral contraceptive methods among university students of the pharmacy course of a college in the metropolitan region of Goiânia - Goiás. A descriptive study was conducted, with a quantitative approach and analysis based on simple statistics. The study was carried out with 100 students of the Pharmacy course, who accepted to participate in the research after signing the TCLE through a questionnaire closed in a college in the metropolitan region of Goiânia - Goiás. With the present study it was observed that most of the students use oral contraceptives, they get them in drugstores. Most people already use it for two to four years and claim to be aware of the risks of their prolonged use. Therefore, as they are academics in the health area, they must acquire such knowledge and these are of paramount importance in order to develop actions aimed at women's health. The best way for a woman to choose a contraceptive method and thus prevent illness is to seek a health professional to indicate what is right for her type of organism and to be informed about the risks that her health can cause through prolonged use of CO.