Uso de cosméticos com potencial presença de disruptores endócrinos por gestantes de alto risco

Abstract

Cosmetic and personal care products may contain endocrine disruptors, whicharenatural or synthetic substances that have the ability to alter hormonal homeostasis.Women make up the portion of the population that consumes the most cosmeticproducts. Consequently, pregnant women are the target of concern whenit comestothe indiscriminate use of cosmetics, as they experience, during the gestational period,several physiological changes that can make the pregnant woman moresusceptibleto the emergence of diseases and injuries. Thus, the objective of this studywastoevaluate the use of cosmetics with the potential presence of endocrine disruptorsbypregnant women treated in a service during high-risk prenatal care. Thiswasadescriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The populationof thisstudy were 253 high-risk pregnant women followed by a secondary careserviceinthe north of Minas Gerais. The participants responded to two questionnairesforsociodemographic and economic characterization and another on theuseofcosmetic products. The results demonstrated a predominance of brown women, whohad completed high school, lived with their partner, were employed andhadanincome. In this study, it was found that all women used cosmetics beforepregnancy,and during pregnancy, the majority of pregnant women (58.1%) hadfearsanduncertainties regarding the use of cosmetics, and 64.8% felt the need tochangeyourhabits regarding the use of cosmetics during pregnancy. The bivariate analysisof therelationship between the need to change habits regarding the use of cosmeticsduring pregnancy showed significance in pregnant women with ≥12yearsofeducation (p=0.007). A significant association was also observedbetweenfears/uncertainty regarding the use of cosmetics for pregnant women aged36or over(p=0.016) and for pregnant women with ≥ 12 years of education (p=0.002). Pregnantwomen's perception of changing habits regarding the use of cosmeticsduringpregnancy, motivated by safety concerns, reflects a growing awareness, but alsotheneed for more clear and evidence-based information.