Missed opportunities in treating pregnant women’s sexual partners with syphilis: a systematic review

Abstract

Objectives: to compile studies in the literature that deal with missed opportunities related in treating pregnant women’s partners with syphilis Methods: this is a systematic review from SciELO, PUBMED, Lilacs and BVS databases, using articles published between 2008 and 2018. The research was carried out between April and August 2019 and followed PRISMA guideline recommendation Results: 56,686 titles were identified and 53 were extracted in which addressed aspects related intreating pregnant women’s partners with syphilis. Most studies were National, representing 60.7% of the researched articles. 51% of them used the Sistemas de Informação de Agravos Notificados (SINAN) (Notified Diseases Information System) as a database, followed by the use of Questionnaires / Interviews (33.9%) and consulted patients’ files (15.1%). The factors most associated with the non-treatment of the pregnant women’s partners with syphilis were: structuring /quality in the services from the aspect related to failures in prenatal care, characteristics of pregnant women that interfere in their treatment and aspects related to the cultural particularities that involvemen's healthcare. Conclusion: in all continents, the main aspect related to failures in the treatment of the partners/pregnant women with syphilis is associated with low quality in prenatal care.

Casos De Sífilis Em Gestantes: Uma Perspectiva Epidemiológica Em Cáceres-Mt

“…E, quando todos os recursos disponíveis forem esgotados, a orientação é realizar uma busca ativa. Além disso, o MS recomenda a inclusão dos parceiros nas consultas de pré-natal a fim de garantir a interrupção da cadeia de transmissão 13,14,15 .…”

Detection of gestational and congenital syphilis in Paraná state, Brazil, 2007-2021: a time series analysis

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