Table 6.
Barriers for the use of corticosteroids
| |
El Salvador (N=109) |
Mexico (N=59) |
Ecuador (N=64) |
Uruguay (N=121) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | (%) | n/N | (%) | n/N | (%) | n/N | (%) | |
|
Exists barriers |
60/106 |
56.6 |
10/49 |
20.4 |
16/60 |
26.7 |
34/107 |
31.8 |
|
HEALTH SYSTEM | ||||||||
| Corticosteroids availability at hospitals |
33/103 |
32.0 |
4/47 |
10.6 |
7/57 |
12.3 |
8/107 |
7.5 |
| Corticosteroids availability at primary health care centers |
57/104 |
54.8 |
6/47 |
12.8 |
8/56 |
14.3 |
27/107 |
25.5 |
| Availability at night hours |
22/100 |
20.2 |
7/46 |
15.2 |
6/56 |
10.7 |
21/107 |
19.6 |
|
PROVIDERS | ||||||||
| Fear or doubt about the side effect of the use of corticosteroids |
33/100 |
33.0 |
7/46 |
15.2 |
10/56 |
17.9 |
10/107 |
9.3 |
| Misinformation about the correct use of the corticosteroids |
36/103 |
35.0 |
9/48 |
18.8 |
8/54 |
14.8 |
12/107 |
11.2 |
|
WOMEN | ||||||||
| Economic barriers to get corticosteroids |
52/104 |
50.0 |
7/46 |
15.2 |
9/57 |
15.8 |
17/107 |
15.9 |
| Lack of personnel who can apply the corticosteroids |
24/101 |
23.8 |
3/45 |
6.7 |
3/55 |
5.5 |
19/107 |
17.8 |
| Fear to use corticosteroids |
20/102 |
19.6 |
6/46 |
13.0 |
8/55 |
14.5 |
4/107 |
3.7 |
| Misinformation about the correct use of the corticosteroids | 39/101 | 38.6 | 5/45 | 11.1 | 9/54 | 16.7 | 8/107 | 7.5 |