Factores que inciden en el embarazo precoz de las adolescentes de Pasaje, Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescence has been classified as a change that is established from childhood to adulthood, ranging from 10 to 19 years of age. Teenage pregnancy is a situation of risk for them, as in turn representing a public health problem worldwide. Objective: The purpose of the research is to determine the risk factors that are immersed in teenage pregnancy. Methods: the type of study was descriptive, cross-sectional, non-experimental; the sample consisted of 182 pregnant adolescents from the canton, the collection of information was carried out through a survey with sociodemographic variables, age, schooling of the mother and father and others related to risk factors, the data processing was carried out using SPSS Version software (25).Results: It was found that 52% of the samples surveyed belong to the age group 17-19 years, level of primary schooling, which predominates in 52% in the father and 45% in the mother of pregnant adolescents, the lack of information 25% as an influential factor. Conclusions: The risk factors that are present are the age educational level of the parents, lack of information about education, neglect of the parents, alcoholism, sexual abuse that significantly affect pregnancy in adolescence. Nursing will be of vital importance to nourish the minds of adolescents who are lost in the path of sexuality.