Abuse during adolescent pregnancy: A descriptive study in pregnant women who are seen in a public hospital in Lima

Introduction: Violence is a problem that can be physical, psychological or sexual, if this occurs between girls and adolescents can generate serious problems in the future. Objective: To describe the characteristics of teenagers pregnant who suffered abuse. Material and Method: Preliminary descriptive observational study. The main variable was the aggression during gestation in teenagers, which was obtained according to their type: physical, sexual or psychological. This was extracted from a database generated in a Public Hospital of Metropolitan Lima. Results: A total of 375 patients were included, with the mean age being 17 years. Only 34% of adolescents did not suffer any type of violence. The most frequent type of aggression was the psychological, in comparison to the physical and sexual aggression. The nuclear family and the couple are the main psychological and physical Introduction: Violence is a problem that can be physical, psychological or sexual, if this occurs between girls and adolescents can generate serious problems in the future. Objective: To describe the characteristics of teenagers pregnant who suffered abuse. Material and Method: Preliminary descriptive observational study. The main variable was the aggression during gestation in teenagers, which was obtained according to their type: physical, sexual or psychological. This was extracted from a database generated in a Public Hospital of Metropolitan Lima. Results: A total of 375 patients were included, with the mean age being 17 years. Only 34% of adolescents did not suffer any type of violence. The most frequent type of aggression was the psychological, in comparison to the physical and sexual aggression. The nuclear family and the couple are the main psychological and physical aggressors towards adolescent pregnant women, the sexual aggression is mainly given by relatives and acquaintances. Discussion: The frequency of violence in pregnant adolescents is high. Of the three types of violence analyzed, the most prevalent is the psychological and the main aggressors are men belonging to the victim's nuclear family. Adolescent pregnancy is an increasingly frequent problem in our society, so it must be studied in depth and intervened in a timely manner in order to seek improvement.