Determinación del nivel de conocimiento sobre el cuidado del recién nacido en madres adolescentes primíparas que alumbran en el Hospital Regional Vicente Corral Moscoso mayo -noviembre, Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

BACKGROUND

"Globally 15% of births occurs in adolescents, ranging from 7 to 25% (1) in Latin America, the Caribbean 18% of births are to mothers aged 15-19 years (2) and Ecuador according to the 2010 Census 3.4% of mothers are between 12 and 19 years, 122 301 mothers are teenagers. " (3)

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of awareness of teen mothers who give birth at the "Regional Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso" on newborn care.

METHODS: A descriptive study of transversal type was carried out in the period between March and August 2015, worked with 177 teenage mothers who came to light in the department of Obstetrics Gynaecology Hospital Regional Vicente Corral Moscoso who are He applied a questionnaire to determine the level of knowledge of adolescent mothers on newborn care; the information obtained was tabulated using SPSS 15 program in Spanish and presented in tables and graphs made in Excel 2010.

Conclusion: Our study determined according to the classification Stanones a medium level of knowledge of adolescent mothers in both areas evaluated: early stimulation of the newborn (53.10%), child care (50.30%), and with a (40.11%) has a high level in the area of warning signs.

USE OF RESULTS Based on the results of the investigation a manual on the care of the newborn, who served as a guide for teenage mothers.