Factors related to adherence to iron plus folic acid in adolescents with comprehensive health care, Lima, 2021

• Autores: Pacheco-Cantalicio, Isabel, Gamboa-Sicha, Tutty, Fernandez-Castillo, Layla, Arcos-Salazar, María
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Sociedad Materno Fetal
• Repositorio: Revista Internacional de Salud Materno Fetal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs.revistamaternofetal.com:article/302
• Enlace del recurso: http://ojs.revistamaternofetal.com/index.php/RISMF/article/view/302
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Suplementación preventiva de hierro más ácido fólico; Anemia; Adherecencia; Adolescente

Introduction: The study has been carried out with the objective of determining the factors related to the adherence of iron plus folic acid in adolescents aged 15 to 17 who access comprehensive health care in the context of COVID19 in MINSA Metropolitan Lima Health establishments. 2021. Adherence to treatment has been positioned as a public health problem and, as highlighted by the World Health Organization, interventions toeradicating barriers to therapeutic adherence must become a set of efforts to improve not only maternal health but also the comprehensive health of adolescents.Objective: To determine the factors related to adherence to iron plus folic acid in adolescents aged 15 to 17 who access comprehensive health care in the context of COVID-19 in MINSA Metropolitan Lima 2021 Health establishments.Materials and Methods: The study is descriptive, correlational, sample; 302 female adolescents who receive iron plus folic acid, the data collection instrument was a questionnaire with: socioeconomic data; water consumption, menstruation characteristics, blood sample results, history of supplementation and the analysis used was OR.Results: The factors associated with low adherence: not having money for mobility to health establishments (EESS) has a risk of low adherence of 6 times with respect to adolescents who do have money, and those who go to walking towards the EESS have 18 times more risk. Adolescents who attend maternal and child centers have a 6.5 times higher risk of low adherence compared to those who attend health centers. Adolescents living in higher altitude areas have high adherence to treatment and low adherence was the number of tablets delivered by the EESS to adolescents if follow-up is not performed.Conclusions: The factors associated with low adherence were not having the resources to go to the EESS; care in maternal and child centers have a higher risk of low adherence with respect to those who are cared for in health centers, establishments located at sea level favor greater adherence with respect to those located at higher altitudes; and the greater the number of tablets, the risk of low adherence increases.