Valoración en el afrontamiento y tolerancia al estrés en adolescentes embarazadas atendidas en consulta externa de un centro de salud de Durán. Marzo a julio del 2020

Abstract

The World Health Organization defines adolescence as the period of human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, between 10-19 years. Teen pregnancy brings great problems for both mother and child, it could even disrupt access to education and other life opportunities for the adolescent. Course objective: To assess the coping and tolerance of stress in pregnant adolescents seen in an outpatient clinic of a Durán Health Center. March to July 2020. Methodology: Quantitative, Descriptive, Prospective and Cross-Sectional Study with a population of 79 pregnant adolescent patients seen in outpatient consultation at a Durán Health Center. Results: 54% of the adolescents are afraid of changing their life, 18% have suffered rejection by their partner and 67% said they have felt incapable of achieving their goals. Conclusion: In the determination of biological factors, age predominated, with 56% between 14-16 years, in psychological factors 87% have not presented psychiatric antecedents, in social factors the predominant marital status is free union with 58% and in the nursing diagnoses, 72% of the adolescents feel capable of taking care of their baby responsibly. Finally, when applying the stigmatization scale, it was found that 58% did not feel that their pregnancy disappointed their family.