Asmaa Ali Lafta, Abeer Talib Makki, Hadel Gadban Jassim
Vol. 9, Jan-Jun 2020
Abstract:
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 212 adolescents from 11 to 19 years of age who were treated at the Municipal Infant-Juvenile Gynecology clinic in Playa was carried out, since its creation, the 1st. September 1996 to 1st. August 2000. The adolescents who made their medical records according to the official model established for these consultations were taken as a study object, which includes, among other aspects: reason for consultation, some characteristics of sexuality, contraception, etc. Personal interview and participatory communication with them were used. The main reasons for consultation were contraceptive orientation, cervicitis and leucorrhea, and the request for menstrual regulation or termination of pregnancy. There was precocity in the beginning of sexual relations, mainly due to pressure from the partner and without contraceptive protection or privacy. The most widely used contraceptive method was the oral hormonal method and most were maintained with contraception, with a low dropout rate. Most of the patients cured cervico-vaginal sepsis. There was family participation in the consultations in most cases. The percentage and the binomial test for comparison of proportions were used as the statistical method.