Utilização de métodos contraceptivos entre acadêmicas do curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Alagoas com ênfase na dupla proteção

Abstract

Introduction: Widening women's access to contraceptive methods is a history of struggles and advances, since sexual and reproductive issues were restricted to the private world in the early days and were not the focus of public policy. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the profile of Nursing students regarding the use of contraceptive methods with an emphasis on double protection, that is, the simultaneous prevention of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative study. It has 133 students from the Nursing course, from the 1st to the 10th period, from 2013 to 2017, of whom 35 have no sex life. The data were collected between September and November of 2018, through a semi-structured questionnaire. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed and they were presented in tables and graphs. Results: The predominant profile of the participants was being single, with an average age of 22.7 years and without individual monthly income, declaring themselves students. Regarding the characterization of the sexual life, 94% maintained a heterosexual relationship, the sexarca with the highest percentage was 16-20 years (45%), with the male condom as the contraceptive method most used in the first and last sexual intercourse, but there was inconsistency in use of the method, since 84% of the students said they had already stopped using it at some point. Contraceptive methods currently used by the students are male condom (29.9%), interrupted intercourse (17%) and oral contraceptive (15.6%). A large number of university students (84.6%) said they had never used the female condom. Of the participants, 8.3% already had an unplanned pregnancy, and of these, half were attending graduation during pregnancy; 5.2% have already acquired some STIs.