Autoeficácia do uso de preservativo em estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem

Abstract

Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a serious global health problem, affecting quality of life and causing several complications. Numerous studies have identified a difficulty faced in relation to the use of condoms, whether due to the perception that they interfere with sexual pleasure, lack of awareness about the risks associated with inconsistent use or inconsistency in practices and knowledge regarding the correct use of condoms. . Self-efficacy concerns beliefs in an individual's abilities to organize and perform the fundamental courses of action to execute certain self-efficacy beliefs, which can be understood as the judgment that a person has of their ability to perform some activity, valuing a defined performance. Objective: to verify self-efficacy in the use of condoms by undergraduate nursing students at a Federal Public University in the interior of Minas Gerais. With the purpose of understanding if there is any problem or objection to the use of condoms and if there are any doubts about it. Methodology: observational, cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative approach. The research was carried out at a Public University in the interior of Minas Gerais. The participants were students of the undergraduate nursing course. They are regularly enrolled students, aged between 18 and 45 years. Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (CUSES) was used. Results: Age between 18 and 25 years (N=110, 74.3%), white selfdeclared color (N=78, 52.7%), female gender (N=122, 82.4%), sexual orientation, 115 students (77.7%) heterosexual. Period 38 participants (25.7%) attending the 1st period, 114 students (77%) were unemployed, 124 were single (N=83.9%), the majority Catholic (N=54, 36.5), with a income of 1 to 2 minimum wages (N=60, 40.5%). 92 (62.2%) live with family members, psychological follow-up 92 (62.2%) people did not perform in the last year, use of psychoactive substances, 60 (40.5%) responded that they had already used it, alcohol being the most used (N=84, 56.0%), 117 (79.1%) are sexually active, 53 (45.3%) use condoms, and 51 (43.6%) use the pill or injection. The average age of sexual initiation was 17.3 (SD=2.5), 79 (53.4%) of the students had a regular sexual partner. Conclusion: It is observed that this group of students/university has satisfactory knowledge regarding the self-efficacy of condom use, but low adherence.