Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (Sep 2011)
Cobertura do citopatológico do colo uterino em Unidades Básicas de Saúde da Família Cytopathological coverage of the cervix in Basic Health Units of the Family
Abstract
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a cobertura do citopatológico em Unidades Básicas de Saúde da Família (UBSF) e descrever características da não realização deste exame nos últimos três anos. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, realizado em Rio Grande (RS), em áreas cobertas pelas Equipes de Saúde da Família (ESF). As entrevistas foram realizadas no domicílio das mulheres, pelos alunos participantes do PET-Saúde. A análise bruta utilizou o software SPSS, onde foram calculados a razão de prevalência, intervalos de confiança de 95% e valor p. A análise multivariada foi realizada por regressão de Poisson, no programa Stata 9.0, onde ingressaram as variáveis com valor p de até 0,20 na análise bruta. No primeiro nível, temos as variáveis idade, ter companheiro e saber ler e escrever. No segundo nível, ingressaram as variáveis número de consultas e oferecimento da coleta de citopatológico. RESULTADOS: A prevalência de citopatológico realizado há 36 meses ou menos foi de 66,3%. Na análise ajustada, as mulheres com idade de 19 anos ou menos (pPURPOSE: To evaluate the coverage of Pap smear cytology at Basic Family Health Units (BFHU) and to describe the characteristics of non-performance of this test in the last three years. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Rio Grande (RS), Brazil, in areas covered by the Family Health Teams Family (FHT). The interviews were conducted by students participating in the Health-PET, at women’s home. Crude analysis was performed using SPSS software to calculate prevalence ratio, 95% confidence intervals and p value. Multivariate analysis was performed by Poisson regression using Stata 9.0 software, which were included the variables with p value of up to 0.20 in the crude analysis. At the first level, the variables were age, having a partner, and literacy. At the second level, the variables were number of visits and offer of a Pap smear. RESULTS: The prevalence of Pap cytology performed 36 months ago or less was 66.3%. In adjusted analysis, women aged 19 years or less (p<0.001), without a partner (p<0.001), illiterate (p= 0.01), who had never consulted at the basic unit (p=0.02) and who had not been offered the examination during the visit (p=0.006), were more likely not to have had a cytopathology exam in the last 36 months. CONCLUSION: The local health proved to be ineffective and inequitable. Ineffective because it covers fewer women than indicated by the World Health Organization and uneven because access to this test varied according to some characteristics of the users.
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