Perfil das mulheres submetidas à inserção do dispositivo intrauterino de cobre na Atenção Primária à Saúde de municípios da Paraíba

Introduction: Among the long-acting reversible contraceptives available on the market, the copper intrauterine device (IUD) is the method offered by the Brazilian government to be made available through the Unified Health System (SUS). Despite being a form of contraception with high efficacy and safety, including in adolescents and nulliparous, the IUD is still underutilized in Brazil. Objectives: To trace the profile of women submitted to the insertion of copper IUDs in Primary Health Care of municipalities in the state of Paraiba. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample of 246 women submitted to copper IUD insertion in the Primary Health Care of municipalities of Paraiba between 2016 and 2019. Information on age, occupation, education, marital status, and parity of these women were collected from medical records and records of the procedure. The nominal variables were presented by means of their absolute and relative frequencies and the continuous variables by means of their means, medians, and mode. Results: The age of women ranged from 15 to 50 years, with a mean age of 27.4 years, 158 (64.2%) were married or in consensual union and 150 (61%) women had at least complete. In the sample, 110 (44.7%) women were engaged in some paid activity and 97 (39.4%) declared housewife. There were 27 (11%) nulliparous and 215 (87.4%) women with at least one child, with an average of 1.6 children per woman. Among the adolescents in the study, 15 (75%) had at least one child. Conclusion: Most of the women who inserted IUDs in the Primary Health Care of Paraiba were between 20 and 29 years of age, had completed high school, had paid work, and had 1 to 2 children. The low percentages of women with low levels of education, adolescents and nulliparas found in the sample point to the need to outline specific strategies to encourage intrauterine devices in Primary Health Care.