在COVID-19之前和期间,在青少年中启动一次性长期作用的可逆避孕措施
Bianca A Allison1, Lindsey Yates2, Ananya Tadikonda3
1Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
概括
单次访问的长效可逆避孕 (LARC) 访问在COVID-19之前和期间保持相似. 然而,公共保险和非OB/GYN提供者等因素与青少年中LARC吸收减少有关.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年医学 青少年医学
背景情况:
- 单次访问的长效可逆避孕 (LARC) 为青少年提供了一种经济有效且方便的方法.
- 在公共卫生危机期间了解LARC的访问对于确保持续的生殖健康护理至关重要.
- COVID-19大流行大大改变了医疗保健的提供,需要对其对青少年LARC服务的影响进行审查.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较在COVID-19大流行之前和期间青少年中单次访问LARC安置的发生率.
- 为了确定这些时期与一次性访问LARC安置相关的患者和提供者特征.
- 评估由疫情加剧的LARC访问中的潜在差异.
主要方法:
- 追溯性队列研究,利用来自大型医疗保健系统的电子健康记录.
- 分析包括10至19岁的青少年,他们在2019年3月至2021年3月期间接受了门诊LARC.
- 使用后勤回归模型来确定影响单次访问LARC安置的因素.
主要成果:
- 单次访问LARC的总体发病率在流行病前 (63.0%) 和流行病期间 (57.1%) 是可比的,没有统计学上显著的差异.
- 患者居住县和设施位置之间的一致性与单次访问LARC的更高概率有关.
- 在大流行期间,公共保险,非产科医生/妇科医生提供者 (儿科,家庭医学,内科) 和高级实践从业者与单次访问LARC的几率降低有关.
结论:
- 在青少年中,一次性LARC的发病率在流行病前和流行病早期期间没有显著变化.
- 某些因素,包括保险类型和提供者专业,与大流行期间对一次性访问LARC的差异性访问有关.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以确保所有青少年群体平等获得LARC,特别是在公共卫生紧急情况下.
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