EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO

Authors : Rute F MENESES, Anna Rita GİOVAGNOLİ, Maria Cristina MİYAZAKİ

Pages : 181-182

Doi:10.25279/sak.1138772

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Publication Date : 2022-10-31

Article Type : Conference Paper

Abstract :Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(and variable); prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CAM; eg., 70%);, in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. Objective: To characterize adults’ experience with conventional and non-conventional health insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-);care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Method: After obtaining the necessary authorizations, between 1/10-27/11/2021, a total of 104 adults living in Portugal answered to a Google Forms questionnaire on health insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-);care practices. Results: As for the last time the participants performed any health insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-);care practice: - 47,6% evaluated the results they obtained as good and 14.3% as very good; - 59.5% were satisfied with that practice; - 27.1% considered it a non-conventional practice and 20% were not sure. In terms of health insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-);care practices: 65.2% reported using conventional and non-conventional practices. Among those who have ever used any non-conventional practice: - 50% did it using a professional and 33.9% by themselves and using a professional; - 48.4% use it rarely; - 17.9% started using it more frequently since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; - 93.8% had never done it against the recommendation of a insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(conventional); health professional. Since the beginning of the pandemic: 11.2% had at least one appointment with a non-conventional health professional; and 4.1% had more appointments with non-conventional health professionals than with conventional health professionals. Regarding negative experiences with non-conventional practices, 89.7% never had any. Conclusions: Since: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a); participants were mostly satisfied with their last health insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-);care practice/its results, predominantly a conventional practice, even though the majority use both types of practices; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b); when using non-conventional practices, only a minority use it by themselves and the majority with some frequency; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(c); its insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(generally rational); use did not increase considerably with the pandemic; and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d); few negative experiences were reported, these preliminary results are not alarming. Nevertheless, they do suggest a need to increase health care professionals’, non-conventional users’ and non-users’ knowledge about these practices to ensure patients’ safety.
Keywords : Terapias Alternativas, Cuidados de Saúde, Autocuidado, Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde, Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde