ABSTRACT
Se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo, transversal, con el objetivo de valorar el comportamiento y los conocimientos que poseen las adolescentes obesas sobre la obesidad, sus causas y consecuencias en el Policlínico Universitario Reynold García. Para ello se empleó una encuesta anónima a un grupo de 20 adolescentes femeninas, obesas, con índice de masa corporal superior a 30 Kg/m2, entre 10 y 19 años. Los datos fueron procesados y se expresaron los resultados en tablas y gráficos. Resultó significativo que las adolescentes tenían, en su mayoría, desconocimiento sobre las consecuencias de la obesidad. No obstante, se destacó que el aspecto más conocido resultó ser el trastorno psicológico. Además existían adolescentes con dietas inadecuadas que favorecen la aparición de la obesidad, y a la vez se constató que todas eran sedentarias, siendo estos elementos factores de riesgo para desarrollar la obesidad. Se arribó a la conclusión de que no existía conocimiento adecuado sobre la obesidad, sus causas y consecuencias en las adolescentes obesas del estudio, lo que propicia un comportamiento inadecuado en las mismas...
We carried out a descriptive, transversal study with the objective of evaluating the behavior and knowledge the obese teenagers have on obesity, its causes and consequences in the University Policlinic Reynold García. With that objective, we applied a blind poll in a group of 20 10-to-19-years-old female teenagers, with corporal mass higher that 30 Kg/m2. Data were processed and the results expressed in tables and graphics. It was significant that most of the adolescent had lack of knowledge on the consequences of obesity, although, the most known fact was the psychological disturbance. Besides that, there were teenagers on inadequate diets favouring obesity, also stating that all of them were sedentary, being all of these risk facts for developing obesity. We arrived to the conclusion that they did not have an adequate knowledge on obesity, its causes and consequences, propitiating an inadequate behaviour of them...
Subject(s)
Humans , Adolescent , Female , Obesity/epidemiology , Obesity/etiology , Obesity/prevention & control , Psychology, Adolescent , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
We carried out a longitudinal, descriptive type study with the objective of showing the knowledge teenagers have on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in the Teaching Polyclinic Reynold García, of Versalles, applying an anonymous survey to a group of 60 female 12-to-19 years-old teenagers. Data were processed and the results are shown in tables and graphics. It was significant that most of the teenagers had lack of knowledge on the methods for protecting against sexually transmitted infections, being the condom usage the one they referred to the most. They also committed mistakes on the AIDS transmission ways, and at the same time they did not identified promiscuity as a risk fact for acquiring a sexually transmitted infection. We arrived to the conclusion that there was not an adequate knowledge on sexually transmitted infections and their prevention among the teenagers we studied.