Pregnancy frequency in adolescents under 15 years of age Hospital of Loma Pytá from January 2008 to May 2015

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the frequency of pregnancy in adolescents under 15 years, through the clinical history of patients treated at Hospital of Loma Pyta. The study included a sample of 87 pregnant young women who received care between January 2008 and May 2015. The methodology was the quantitative approach, getting data such as the age range in which occurred a greater occurrence of early pregnancies. It was descriptive cross-sectional research. The population was all the pregnant adolescents which were attended at the unit of obstetrics of the above-mentioned institution. As a result of the investigation it was found that although the Paraguayan State has committed to invest in sex education, 24 percent of girls were mothers before the age of 15, a percentage in that shows shortcomings in sex education provided to children and adolescents of the Paraguay. Certain complications were detected, that run 5 times higher risk of death than an adult woman. Among the complications are the cephalo-pelvic disproportion that is most severe, followed by the pre-eclampsia. Complications may also occur in the fetus as malformations, low weight and fetal deaths, among others.