Quality of life from women's perspective in the exercise of sex work: a study of social representations.

OBJECTIVES: to analyze the social representations elaborated by sex workers from Alto Sertão Produtivo Baiano about quality of life. METHODS: a qualitative study, based on the Social Representation Theory, carried out in the region of Alto Sertão Produtivo Baiano, with 30 sex workers. Individual in-depth interview was carried out, with speeches organized in a corpus and treated in IRAMUTEQ, enabling lexical analysis for Descending Hierarchical Classification. RESULTS: four thematic classes emerged, in which social representations of quality of life pervade: money earned to supply needs; association with healthy living and obtaining health (physical and mental); balance of emotions (although there are some negative sensations such as fear and anxiety); and faith in a deity. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the social representations elaborated by sex workers about quality of life are anchored in concepts, subjective and practical, punctuated by the World Health Organization.

Evidências dos efeitos adversos no uso de anticoncepcionais hormonais orais em mulheres: uma revisão integrativa / Evidence of adverse effects on oral hormonal contraceptive use in women: integrative review

Objetivo: Identificar na literatura as evidências científicas sobre os eventos adversos, oriundos do uso de anticoncepcional hormonal oral por mulheres. Método: Revisão integrativa de literatura, tendo como fonte de pesquisa as bases de dados Periódico da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, PUBMED e Google Acadêmico, usando os descritores de busca "anticoncepcionais orais" AND "eventos adversos". Com essa busca foram encontradas inicialmente 202 publicações. Após realizar seleção foram incluídos 17 artigos científicos na revisão. Os textos foram submetidos a análise de conteúdo semântica. Resultados: Foram levantadas três categorias: o uso de anticoncepcionais orais: aspectos clínicos e teóricos; associação entre o uso de anticoncepcionais orais e os eventos trombóticos; relação entre o uso de anticoncepcionais orais, neoplasias e doenças cardiovasculares. Conclusão: Contribuirá para que enfermeiros orientem as mulheres na escolha do método de anticoncepção, levando em consideração as possíveis complicações decorrentes do uso prolongado dos anticoncepcionais orais hormonais composto de estrogênio. (AU)

Objective: To identify in the literature the scientific evidence on adverse events arising from the use of oral hormonal contraceptives in women. Method: Integrative literature review, using the databases of the Virtual Health Library and the Journal of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel as a research source, using the search keywords "oral contraceptives" AND "adverse events". With this search, 202 publications were initially found, after making a selection, 17 scientific articles were included in the review. The texts were submitted to semantic content analysis. Results: Three categories were raised: the use of oral contraceptives: clinical and theoretical aspects; association between the use of oral contraceptives and thrombotic events; relationship between the use of oral contraceptives, neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases. Conclusion: It will help nurses to guide women in choosing the contraceptive method, taking into account the possible complications resulting from the prolonged use of hormonal oral contraceptives composed of estrogen. (AU)

Objetivo: Identificar en la literatura la evidencia científica sobre eventos adversos derivados del uso de anticonceptivos hormonales orales en mujeres. Método: Revisión integral de la literatura, utilizando las bases de datos de la Biblioteca Virtual de Salud y la Revista de Coordinación para la Mejora del Personal de Educación Superior como fuente de investigación, utilizando las palabras clave de búsqueda "anticonceptivos orales" Y "eventos adversos". Con esta búsqueda, inicialmente se encontraron 202 publicaciones, luego de hacer una selección, se incluyeron 17 artículos científicos en la revisión. Los textos fueron sometidos a análisis de contenido semántico. Resultados: Se plantearon tres categorías: el uso de anticonceptivos orales: aspectos clínicos y teóricos; asociación entre el uso de anticonceptivos orales y eventos trombóticos; relación entre el uso de anticonceptivos orales, neoplasias y enfermedades cardiovasculares. Conclusión: Ayudará a las enfermeras a guiar a las mujeres a elegir el método anticonceptivo, teniendo en cuenta las posibles complicaciones derivadas del uso prolongado de anticonceptivos orales hormonales compuestos de estrógenos. (AU)