Afrontamiento y tolerancia al estrés en adolescentes embarazadas que asisten a un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil, mayo 2022 – abril 2023.

Abstract

Coping with stress is understood as the state in which the adolescent experiences physiological and psychological alterations during pregnancy as a consequence of a change to a different environment. Objective: To determine coping and stress tolerance in pregnant adolescents who attend a hospital in the city of Guayaquil, May 2022 - April 2023. Methodology: quantitative, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional. Population: 300 pregnant adolescents. Sample: 171 pregnant women who meet the inclusion criteria. Technique: Survey / Direct observation. Instrument: CAE Questionnaire and Check List. Results: Among the characteristics, adolescents from 16 to 17 years old (44%), of mixed ethnicity (100%), of civil union status (69%), of secondary education level (74%), of housewife occupation, predominated. (77%). In biological aspects, they do not attend prenatal check-ups (43%), have not had abortions (67%), had more than 3 deliveries (58%), did not have their complete vaccinations (50%) and their menarche was 16 to 17 years (44%). In psychological aspects, they had no psychiatric history (74%), did not present rejection of the fetus (91%) and had not presented inability to communicate (74%). In coping and tolerance, they resorted to positive reappraisal (46%), had an open emotional expression (44%), used negative self-focusing (42%). Conclusion: For coping and tolerance of stress, they resort to positive reappraisal, search for social support, open emotional expression; that is to say that when the pregnant adolescent has high levels of stress, she presents different ways of dealing with the daily circumstances that arise.