Prevalencia de embarazo en adolescentes atendidas en la consulta externa del Centro de Salud Pascuales durante el periodo enero a diciembre del 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: In Ecuador, 2 out of 3 adolescents between the ages of 15 to 19 years without education, are pregnant for the first time or are already mothers of at least one child. This is why an increase in pregnant teenagers is considered, establishing that those under 15 years of age provide a percentage of 74% and those under 15 years of age in 9%, being a trend in the Andean Region. Methods: An observational, retrospective, descriptive study with a quantitative approach was carried out, in which the results of all the pregnant women attended at the "Pascuales" Health Center during January 2017 to December 2017 were analyzed. Results: The total population consisted of 3041 pregnant women attended in the paschal health center during the study period, of which 810 ad olescent patients between 15 and 19 years old were selected. Of the same, only 165 records met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Regarding the age variable, it was found that teenage pregnancies occurred more frequently in women between 18 and 19 years, 51% (n = 84); followed by 17 years, 22% (n = 37), 16 years, 18% (n = 29) and finally 15 years 9% (n = 15). Conclusions: It is recommended to improve the prenatal controls of pregnant teenagers in order to avoid complications such as vaginal infections a nd anemia which increase the obstetric risk.