FACTORES DE RIESGO PARA DEPRESIÓN POSTPARTO EN ADOSLECENTES DE 14 A 17 AÑOS ATENDIDAS EN EL HOSPITAL GENERAL DR. ENRIQUE ORTEGA MOREIRA

Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant pathology of psycho/social well-being that impacts women, and various risk elements have been assigned that can trigger its appearance. Objective: Determine and explore the risk factors associated with postpartum depression among adolescents treated at the Dr. Enrique Ortega Moreira Hospital. Methodology: followed a quantitative/descriptive, transversal approach, with 23 mothers as a sample, to whom a questionnaire was applied. Results: regarding Sociodemographic data: 15 years old (52.2%), from marginal urban areas (61.5%), legally single women, high school students. In relation to the obstetric variables, the type of cesarean delivery with difficulty (42.3%), 84.6% found exclusive breastfeeding difficult, 57.7% of the NB presented complications. Along the same lines of factors, in social factors, 57.7% tell us that their partners or father of their children are not working, which has an impact on the financial support that their partner or father of the baby should (57.7 %); 53.8% have poor communication. Conclusion: Commonly in this population, a great relationship was seen between sociodemographic and social factors for the development of depression, therefore, an urgent intervention is required based on the previously mentioned contexts.