Barriers To Accessing Contraception and Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening During COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study sought to examine how access to contraception and cervical and breast cancer screening in British Columbia, Canada, has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

From August 2020 to March 2021, 3691 female residents of British Columbia (age 25-69 y) participated in this study. We used generalized estimating equations to analyze the proportion of females accessing contraception and the proportion having difficulty accessing contraception across the different phases of pandemic control measures, and logistic regression to analyze attendance at cervical and breast cancer screening. We added sociodemographic and biological variables individually into the models. Self-reported barriers to accessing contraception and attending screening were summarized.<

SUBMITTER: Baaske A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212845 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature