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7ABSTRACT
Justify: This study was carried out considering one of the social problems that affect teenagers,
adolescent pregnancy, which could decrease with the use of contraceptive methods so it
would be useful to establish the level of knowledge that is had about these methods and their
use. Objective: To establish the level of knowledge about contraceptive methods in
adolescents from 13 to 19 years of age of the school and Academy of the Joule Arequipa 2017
Group, to distribute this population according to age, sex, source of information, preference of
source, coital relationships, use of contraceptives and type used. Materials and methods: An
observational, cross-sectional, prospective study was designed. The sample was represented
by 212 teenagers, to whom a validated instrument was applied, consisting of a survey of 23
questions, 16 of them referring to knowledge about contraceptive methods with a value of 1
point for each question. Results: 33.49% of adolescents had an age between 17 to 19 years.
39.15% reported on contraceptive methods in school, 33.49% in the family, 21.7% through
media and only 5.66% in health centers. In terms of coital relations, 53.77% said they had ever
had them. 55.26% of the total who have already started coital relations use contraceptive
methods. The most used contraceptive method is the male condom 80.95% followed by the
rhythm method 9.52% and contraceptive pills 7.94%. Regarding the level of knowledge, a good
level of knowledge was obtained in 40.57% of the adolescents, excellent in 38.68% and bad in
20.28%. Conclusions: It was found that the level of knowledge about contraceptive methods
was good. The majority of adolescents in the study were between 14 and 16 years of age, with
secondary education level, single marital status, and no history of pregnancy. The school was
the main place where knowledge of contraceptive methods was acquired. More than half of all
adolescents have already started coital relationships with predominance of males. A little more
than fifty percent of those who have sex relations use some form of contraception.
Contraceptive methods of barrier, male condom, were the most used.
Key words: level of knowledge, contraception, teenager
The use of hormonal contraceptives and side effects in adolescent users of the Family Planning
Program Support Hospital Iquitos Between May and October 2015 was analyzed. Descriptive,
transversal and explanatory study, 330 surveys auto structured adolescent women was used
Statistical analysis was with measured frequency and prevalence figures representation in bar
and pie charts, the association was measured by calculating square Chi2. 330 adolescents
between 16 (4.2%) and 19 (58.2%) years , users of monthly hormonal oral contraceptives
(27.9%) , injectable (10.3%) and quarterly (61.8%), was identified; making a ratio of 6 users
quarterly ampoule 1 and 3 monthly oral pill ; They came from Belen district (45.5%), San Juan
(38.1%) and Iquitos (16.4%). 61.2 % of users culminated high school. 55.2% said they were
single and 39.3% were living together, 75,0% had no pregnancy and about 25% did was
pregnant one or more times , and to a lesser extent have culminated in deliveries. More than 80
% of teenagers present one or more side effects, Disorders of menstruation tube greater
relationship with all hormonal contraceptives with 57.6% (Chi2:27,8; p:0.0001) for the use of
pills, 61.8% (Chi2:24,3; p:0.0001) for the use of monthly blisters and 41.2% (Chi2:22,3;
p:0.0015) for the use of quarterly blisters, high values also had the weight gain by quarterly
blisters 51.9% (chi2: 24,45; p: 0.0001); Acne in 31.5% (Chi2:20.32; p:0.0003), the Nausea /
vomiting (23.9%) and headache (58.7%) (Chi2:25.43; p:0.0001), mood disorders with 26,1% in
users of oral pills; with similar values for monthly blisters with nausea/vomiting (52.9%) (Chi2:
24.01; p: 0.0001) and headache (47.1%) among others. There are a number of teenage users
and early onset of sexual relations, with high rates of side effects and high risk for STDs, single
users (55.2 %), as no Barrier methods are used (recommended these cases); High Levels of
Side Effects On Teenage motivate change or abandonment of Future Treatment unwanted
pregnancies and problems for your health if no child adequately served by the health sector.