Repercusión psicosocial del embarazo en la adolescencia en el Centro de Salud Guasmo Oeste Manglar. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: About 16 million adolescents between 15 and 19 have a birth each year, representing 11% of all births in the world; so it has become a health problem, represents high psychological and social risks, the present study aims to identify the psychosocial repercussions in pregnant adolescents. Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out with a prevalence or cross-sectional study design. The study population consisted of 95 pregnant adolescents, attended at the Guasmo Oeste Manglar Health Center, who underwent a psychometric test. Results: It was found that 69.4% were between 18 and 19 years of age, 79% were unmarried, 88.4% self-identified as mestizo, 57.9% had completed high school. With respect to the psychological repercussions, 18.5% presented anxiety, 12.6% depression and 7.4% low self-esteem. For social repercussions, we can observe 35.8 % had school dropout, when analyzing the family reaction 61% have family acceptance, 78% have support from the spouse, and there were no cases of social rejection. Conclusions: Increased cases of school dropout were identified in adolescents, although a minimum amount experience anxiety, depression and low self-esteem this is important attention as it makes them a priority attention group.