Family functionality of adolescents attending prenatal control. Cartagena 2021 Funcionalidad Familiar de Adolescentes Asistentes a control prenatal. Cartagena 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Pregnancy in adolescence tends to have personal, social, educational, and psychological repercussions on the mother and child. That is why the support of the family, and its functionality are crucial.  Objective: To determine the level of family functionality existing in the families of pregnant adolescents attending prenatal check-ups in three health institutions in Cartagena-Colombia during 2021. Materials And Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional, and association study. The population consisted of 780 pregnant adolescents who attend prenatal check-ups in two institutions. A sample of 185 pregnant adolescents, selected by probabilistic sampling, was estimated. Sociodemographic instrument and family APGAR were applied.  Results: Pregnant women participated in institution A (50.81%) and institution B (44.32%), they were high school adolescents (58.92%), who live together in a free union (51.35%), in nuclear families of origin (32.97%) and their families earn between    1 – 2 minimum wages (48.11%). The current pregnancy was not planned, and prenatal check-ups are attended by the mother (31.35%), the couple (27.57%) or alone (22.16%). Normal functionality was the most frequent (99.46%) and was correlated (p ≤ 0.05) with the institutions, with the family typology of a single-parent nature formed and with the accompaniment to prenatal controls.  Conclusion: A normal level of family functionality was determined in the families of pregnant adolescents attending prenatal check-ups in two health institutions in Cartagena.