Title
Abuse during adolescent pregnancy: A descriptive study in pregnant women who are seen in a public hospital in Lima
Other title
[Maltrato durante el embarazo adolescente: Un estudio descriptivo en gestantes que se atienden en un hospital público de Lima]
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Delgado M.
Mostto F.
Torres R.
Verastegui-Díaz A.
Almanza-Mio C.
Asociación Médica de Investigación y Servicios en Salud
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
Abstract
Introduction: Violence is a problem that can be physical, psychological or sexual, if this occurs between girls and adolescents can generate serious problems in the future. Objective: To describe the characteristics of teenagers pregnant who suffered abuse. Material and Method: Preliminary descriptive observational study. The main variable was the aggression during gestation in teenagers, which was obtained according to their type: physical, sexual or psychological. This was extracted from a database generated in a Public Hospital of Metropolitan Lima. Results: A total of 375 patients were included, with the mean age being 17 years. Only 34% of adolescents did not suffer any type of violence. The most frequent type of aggression was the psychological, in comparison to the physical and sexual aggression. The nuclear family and the couple are the main psychological and physical Introduction: Violence is a problem that can be physical, psychological or sexual, if this occurs between girls and adolescents can generate serious problems in the future. Objective: To describe the characteristics of teenagers pregnant who suffered abuse. Material and Method: Preliminary descriptive observational study. The main variable was the aggression during gestation in teenagers, which was obtained according to their type: physical, sexual or psychological. This was extracted from a database generated in a Public Hospital of Metropolitan Lima. Results: A total of 375 patients were included, with the mean age being 17 years. Only 34% of adolescents did not suffer any type of violence. The most frequent type of aggression was the psychological, in comparison to the physical and sexual aggression. The nuclear family and the couple are the main psychological and physical aggressors towards adolescent pregnant women, the sexual aggression is mainly given by relatives and acquaintances. Discussion: The frequency of violence in pregnant adolescents is high. Of the three types of violence analyzed, the most prevalent is the psychological and the main aggressors are men belonging to the victim's nuclear family. Adolescent pregnancy is an increasingly frequent problem in our society, so it must be studied in depth and intervened in a timely manner in order to seek improvement.
Start page
15
End page
21
Volume
83
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Obstetricia, Ginecología Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045183503
Source
Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
ISSN of the container
0048766X
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