Citas bibligráficas
Horna, C., (2019). Factores que influyen en el consumo de Levonorgestrel como método anticonceptivo de emergencia en adolescentes [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/5314
Horna, C., Factores que influyen en el consumo de Levonorgestrel como método anticonceptivo de emergencia en adolescentes [Tesis]. : Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/5314
@misc{renati/381201,
title = "Factores que influyen en el consumo de Levonorgestrel como método anticonceptivo de emergencia en adolescentes",
author = "Horna Rodríguez, Carlos Andrés",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego",
year = "2019"
}
To identify the factors that influence the use of Levonorgestrel (LNG) as an Emergency Contraceptive (EC) among adolescents. Materials and methods: An observational, analytical and transversal research was conducted, in which 264 high school and university teenage students were evaluated in Trujillo city from June 2019 to July 2019. Statistical analysis calculated the prevalence of LNG use among adolescents and through a multivariate regression analysis we calculated the Odds ratio and 95 confidence interval of different factors that make adolescents use LNG as an EC. Results: From a total of 418 adolescents between 15 and 19 years old included in this research, 264 were randomly selected and the mean age for use of LNG found was 16.46 ± 1.12. The prevalence of LNG use among adolescents is 25.4%. The factors that influence in LNG use are sexual behavior: unplanned sexual intercourse (p: 0.0001, OR: 138.275, IC95: 17.608-1085.874) and planned sexual intercourse (p: 0.0001, OR: 69.878, IC95: 8.626-566.094), knowledge of when to use the pill (p: 0.009, OR: 4.001, IC95: 1.412-11.338), affordable price (p: 0.0001, OR: 7.607, IC95: 2.819-20.527) and pill availability in a drug store (p: 0.008, OR: 3.517, IC95: 1.389-8.907). There is no significant association between the use of LNG and the knowledge of its mechanism of action (p: 0.326) nor its time of effectiveness (p: 0.310). Furthermore, 50.76% of participants had initiated sexual intercourse and 49.24% hadn´t yet. Conclusions: 1 out of 2 teenage women had initiated sexual intercourse, 62% of them consider to have unplanned sexual intercourse and 54.2% from these use LNG as an EC, which makes this the adolescent behavior that most influences in its use. Other adolescent factors that influence on LNG use are planned sexual intercourse and knowledge of when to use the pill. Drug´s characteristics that influence on its use are affordable price and the availability in a drug store.
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