Pregnancy in times of COVID-19 pandemic:quality and safety of health care during pregnancy care

Gens, Felisbela; Ferreira, Quirina; Vivas, Carla

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Gens, Felisbela

Ferreira, Quirina

Vivas, Carla

Abstract(s)

The current COVID-19 pandemic situation makes the whole health care delivery environment more demanding and uncertain, creating in organizations the need to redefine strategies to meet new challenges and people's needs. In the field of maternal health, specific circuits and procedures have been ensured for all pregnant women in order to prevent or reduce the risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2. This study aims to determine the level of quality of health care during pregnancy and to assess the satisfaction of pregnant women with regard to maternal health care provided in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a quantitative, observational, analytical study, whose sample includes pregnant women aged 36 weeks and over. The information was collected between November and December 2020, through the application of a survey encompassing the Quality of Parental Care Questionnaire (Sword, Heaman and the QPCQ Research Team, 2013 translated and validated for the Portuguese population by Rodrigues, 2017), clinical, socio-demographic and access and security variables related to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The results obtained project a positive relationship between the level of satisfaction of pregnant women and the perception of the level of quality of prenatal care in all dimensions of the instrument. In the specificities related to access and safety in the current COVID-19 pandemic, teleconsultation presents itself as an important tool in prenatal education and accessibility to health care during pregnancy care. A model of pregnancy care that encompasses telehealth becomes indispensable to meet the needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic, improving flexibility, access and proximity to maternal health care.