Embarazo en adolescentes que acuden a la Maternidad Julia Esther González Delgado, de la ciudad de Loja durante el periodo enero 2015 - diciembre 2017

Abstract

Adolescent pregnancy poses a health risk since the beginning of conception, generating a problem in public health, as it affects the pregnant, her partner, the family of both, and the community, both economically and socially. The purpose of this research was to collect data that orients us to the relationship between age, marital status, provenance, and complications in childbirth, of adolescents who attended the maternity "Julia Esther González Delgado", with the purpose of counting with a baseline study, for the subsequent, to plan interventions consistent with the situation encountered. The methodology used was qualitative, descriptive; Information from clinical histories was obtained; The sample was made up of 132 adolescents between 10 and 19 years, as for the results obtained more pregnancies were found at 18 years with 28.79% and 19 years with 32.58%; Within its marital status 57% single, 30% free Union; They primarily come from the urban sector with 87.87%; The most commonly used surgical technique is caesarean section with 67%