Creencias, actitudes y conocimientos sobre la anticoncepción de emergencia en estudiantes universitarios de medicina
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Embarazo, Anticoncepción de Emergencia, Estudiantes, ConocimientoResumen
Analizar los conocimientos, actitudes y creencias sobre la anticoncepción de emergencia en estudiantes universitarios de medicina. Métodos: Investigación correlacional, de corte transversal. Se invitó a 556 estudiantes mediante un muestreo no probabilístico. Se utilizó un instrumento de 19 preguntas, dividido en tres secciones: creencias, actitudes y conocimientos. El contenido del instrumento fue validado mediante la participación de expertos y tiene una confiabilidad de 0,79. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo y bivariado. Resultados: Participaron 508 estudiantes, la edad promedio de 20 ± 3,9 años. Con respecto a las creencias: 240 mujeres y 157 hombres entienden que la concepción es el punto donde el esperma y el óvulo se unen dentro del aparato reproductor femenino, esta respuesta se relaciona con el sexo de los estudiantes (p = 0,03); las actitudes: 41,7 % de los participantes sostienen que la anticoncepción de emergencia solo funcionaría antes que el esperma y el óvulo se unan dentro del aparato reproductor femenino, 25 % manifestó que funcionaría antes de que ocurra la implantación; los conocimientos: 33,7 % señaló que usaría la anticoncepción de emergencia dentro de las 72 horas, 25,6 % lo usaría dentro de las 24 horas. El entendimiento sobre el funcionamiento de la anticoncepción se relacionó con el hecho de tener relaciones sexuales (p = 0,043).
Conclusión: La mayoría de los estudiantes entrevistados no tiene conocimiento sobre el mecanismo de acción, que consiste en prevenir la implantación del óvulo fertilizado.
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