Urinary tract infections as a risk factor in multiparous pregnant women in the parish of Siete de Octubre, Quevedo, Ecuador

• Autores: Bello Carrasco, Lourdes Maribel, Vélez Rodríguez, Deila Yulibeth, Domínguez Olmeda, Edward Alexis, García Delgado, Estelia Laurentina, Loor Vega, Miryam Patricia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/202
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/202
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Pregnancy, Infection, Risk, Complications; Embarazo; infección; riesgo; complicaciones.

Objective: To identify the main risk factors for urinary tract infection in multiparous pregnant women and todetermine the correlation between urinary tract infections and complications in pregnant women. Materials andMethods: The method used was cross-sectional descriptive. The population comprised of 436 pregnant women,from the health center “Siete de Octubre”, showing after applying the probability formula with a 5% error of 204patients who were surveyed. Results: 55% of the indicated individuals, who once per day performed the intimatetoilet, 76% stated that they frequently withstand the urge to urinate more than anything when they are not in theirhomes; 42% of pregnant women stated that the preventive measures or treatments they have performed whenthey have urinary tract infections are the use of home remedies, 71% of pregnant women indicated that if theyhave sometimes had to abandon the care and treatment of Urinary tract infection due to the scarcity of economicresources, 69% of pregnant women do not know the main causes of infection and 100% of women, they indicatedthat if they participated in training to know the Methods of prevention of pathology. Conclusions: Communityeducational strategies aimed at pregnant women should be established at the Siete de Octubre health center inQuevedo, to reduce the rate of multiparous pregnant patients with urinary tract infections.