Reasons for undergoing abortions among Cuban adolescents

Section: Ethics and Society

How to quote

Mora Ramírez N, Rodríguez Gutiérrez RM, Maceo Seoanes E, Bárcenas González M, Cruz Carballosa Y, López Sánchez Y. Motivos de realización de un aborto en adolescentes cubanas. Metas Enferm may 2015; 18(4): 50-53.

Authors

1Norma Mora Ramírez, 2Raiza Mirtha Rodríguez Gutiérrez, 1Edit Maceo Seoanes, 3Mirsa Bárcenas González, 4Yosvanis Cruz Carballosa, 5Yamicela López Sánchez

Position

1Enfermera. Hospital Universitario Mártires de Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba). 2Enfermera. Filial de Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba).3Máster en Atención Integral al Niño. Filial de Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba).4Máster en Nuevas Tecnologías. Filial de Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba).5Licenciada en Educación. Filial de Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba).

Contact address

Yosvanis Cruz Carballosa. Edif. G. Apto: 42. RPTO: Pepito Freyre. 83000 Mayarí. Holguín (Cuba).

Contact email: yosvanis@mayari.hlg.sld.cu

Abstract

Objective: to identify the main reasons which lead to undergoing an abortion among Cuban adolescents.
Method: a transversal descriptive study, in patients who had an abortion performed at the Curettage Department of the Hospital Universitario Mártires de Mayarí (Cuba), during the period from January to December, 2013. The study universe included 651 patients who attended the Abortion Department; the sample was finally made up of 225 cases with subjects between 10 and 18 years of age,
Results: a 55.3% of patients were included in the 14-to-16-year-old age group. The predominance of psychogenic causes was confirmed; and within these, the most frequent ones were family violence (64%), followed by divorce and family conflict, with 21% and 18.4%, respectively.
Conclusions: the reasons analyzed suggest that the active involvement by the Nursing Staff on the psychogenic causes for abortion can be very effective, and become an active part of treatment for improving the reproductive and sexual health of adolescents.

Keywords:

Abortion; adolescent; researchdescriptive study

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Título:

Motivos de realización de un aborto en adolescentes cubanas