Behavior of pregnancy in adolescence, Mantilla health area, 2019-2020
1 Comprehensive General Medicine.
2 Comprehensive General Medicine, Comprehensive Care for Women.
3 General Surgery Department.
Research Article
International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine and Surgery Research, 2021, 01(01), 032–038.
Article DOI: 10.53294/ijfmsr.2021.1.1.0067
Publication history:
Received on 25 February 2021; revised on 04 April 2021; accepted on 10 April 2021
Abstract:
Introduction: Pregnancy in adolescence is a problem of alarming dimensions that demands comprehensive multisectoral care. The incidence of pregnancy in adolescents has grown and no previous studies on the entity were found.
Objective: To describe the behavior of adolescent pregnancy in the Mantilla health area. Method: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study of a universe of 82 pregnant adolescents from the Mantilla health area from April 2019 to November 2020. A survey and test of perception of family functioning were applied, which were processed using Descriptive Statistics techniques. Results: 57.3% of the pregnant women were between 17 and 19 years old, 53.7% had not completed the pre-university or intermediate technical level and 75.6% did not wish to interrupt their pregnancy.
Conclusions: Pregnancies in adolescence are unplanned and therefore unwanted; the vast majority of adolescents admit that they are incapable of facing pregnancy and what it means for their later life.
Keywords:
Pregnancy; Adolescence; Primary care; Family
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