Factores que inciden en el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas - psicotrópicas en las mujeres gestantes en edades de 20 a 30 años del Hospital General Guasmo Sur, en la ciudad de Guayaquil, en el periodo octubre 2022- febrero 2023.

Abstract

The consumption of psychoactive and psychotropic substances in pregnant women is a reality that Ecuador is facing, being a public health problem that affects this specific group. This research seeks to analyze the factors that lead to the consumption of psychoactive and psychotropic substances in pregnant women between 20 and 30 years of age, who were attended at the Hospital General Guasmo Sur, in the city of Guayaquil from October 2022 to February 2023. The methodology used in this study is of qualitative approach, a convenience sampling was conducted, with the participation of four women who voluntarily agreed to be part of the research, using indepth interviews as an instrument for the collection of information, with three sessions per participant. From this, it is concluded that. From this, we conclude that the women participants had individual factors, such as childhood and adolescent traumas, low selfesteem, psych affective difficulties; family factors such as parental divorce and partner violence; and environmental factors such as peer group influence and the beginning of drug use at school, which predisposed them to substance use.