Abstract
Introduction: Women experience disruptions in reproductive health services, issues, challenges, and worries in this setting as they attempt to manage the Covid-19 epidemic. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine women’s concerns and difficulties encountered regarding reproductive health during the pandemic process. Materials and Methods: The study has a descriptive, cross-sectional design. This study was carried out among 237 women between the ages of 18-49. A survey form consisting of 26 structured questions was used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Version (SPSS) 22.00 program. Result: Women had experienced reproductive health problems were 33.1%, those who needed reproductive health services were 34.5%, and those who had difficulty accessing health services were 30.0%. The use of contraceptive methods was 26.0%, the rate of pregnancy experience was 1.6% and 97.0% of the women stated they did not want to get pregnant during pandemic period. Women’s fear/avoidance of pregnancy level was 4.8±3.4 and the level of fear/avoidance of pregnancy was significantly increasing as anxiety of getting sick with the coronavirus and that this virus would harm their and their partner’s fertility increased (p<0.01). Conclusion: It can be said that coronavirus and the pandemic process negatively affect women’s desire for pregnancy, thoughts about their and their partner’s fertility, increase problems/concerns about reproductive health, and their need for services has increased in this period, but they’ve had difficulties.
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