Factores asociados al incumplimiento del esquema de vacunación en niños de 0 a 5 años de edad que pertenecen a un subcentro de salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The noncompliance in the scheme of the vaccination card originates mainly from different causes such as time, health, economy among others. The objective: determine the factors associated with noncompliance with the vaccination scheme in children from 0 to 5 years of age in a sub-center of the city of Guayaquil. Methodology The research carried out is of a descriptive type with a prospective approach, a quantitative method and a transversal design. The population that was taken was 50 children together with their caregivers. The instrument of data collection was reflected in a questionnaire survey of multiple questions from which the following results were obtained: Based on sex, 50% are men and women, the age of children of 1 years who obtained 30% and 28% from 4 to 6 months, the most affected ethnic group was mestizo with 66%. With regard to caregivers, the majority sex was 76% female, in ages there was 34% from 26 to 35 years, the ethnic group with the highest noncompliance resulted in the mestizo group with 68%. The factor that caused the greatest noncompliance with the vaccination scheme was time with 40% and the complication that occurred was gastroenteritis with 12%.