Factores asociados al inicio de la actividad sexual en adolescentes de Tuluá, Colombia / Age of onset and factors associated with the onset of the sexual activity in adolescent students of a Colombian city
Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol
; 78(3): 209-219, 2013. tab
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RESUMEN
Objetivo:
determinar la prevalencia de actividad sexual (AS) y factores asociados del debut sexual en adolescentes escolarizados de una ciudad colombiana.Métodos:
estudio observacional, de corte transversal, con 947 estudiantes de 14 a 19 años. Las asociaciones se determinaron mediante Odds Ratio con 95 por ciento de intervalo de confianza. Para el análisis multivariado se empleó regresión logística.Resultados:
la prevalencia de AS fue 52,8 por ciento. La mediana de edad de inicio fue 15 años (RI 14-16). Las variables asociadas al inicio temprano de la AS para el nivel individual fueron sexo masculino, aprobación y actitudes permisivas hacia el sexo del adolescente, consumo de licor, tabaco y drogas. Para el nivel familiar fueron madre no da educación sexual al hijo, hermano/a que en la adolescencia hayan sido padre/madre, aprobación y actitudes permisivas de los padres hacia el sexo en la adolescencia. Para el nivel socio-cultural fueron como factores de riesgo el pertenecer a los estratos socioeconómicos 1 y 2, aprobación y actitudes permisivas de los pares o grupo de amigos del adolescente a la AS en la adolescencia, y como factor protector el haber recibido educación en anticoncepción por personas diferentes a los padres, como equipos de educación en colegios o personal de salud.Conclusión:
factores individuales como sexo masculino, propia toma de decisiones, papel que desempeña la madre en la educación sexual de sus hijos y la influencia de pares o amigos en la toma de decisiones, se asociaron con el inicio temprano de la AS entre adolescentes.ABSTRACT
Objective:
to determine the prevalence of sexual activity (SA), age of onset and factors associated with the onset of the SA in adolescent students of a Colombian city.Methods:
an observational, cross-sectional, with 947 students from 14 to 19 years old. Associations were determined using Odds Ratio with confidence interval of 95 percent. For multivariate analysis logistic regression was used.Results:
the prevalence of SA was 52.8 percent. The median age of onset of SA was 15 years (RI 14-16). The variables associated with early onset of SA for the individual were male approval and permissive attitudes toward sex by adolescent alcohol consumption, snuff and illicit drugs. For the family level, were the mother gives sex education to his children, a brother/daughter that in adolescence has been a parent and approval and permissive attitudes toward sex parents in adolescence. For the socio-cultural, socio-economic strata belong to 1 and 2, approval and permissive attitudes couple or group of friends to the AS teenager in adolescence, as risk factors and received education in contraception for persons other than parents and education teams in schools or health care as a protective factor, were associated with the onset of SA in adolescence.Conclusions:
individual factors such as male gender, one's decision-making, the role of the mother in the sex education of their children and the influence of peers and friends in decision making were found associated with early onset AS among adolescents.Key words
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Main subject:
Sexual Behavior
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Students
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Adolescent Behavior
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Colombia
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol
Journal subject:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Country of publication:
Chile