Arévalo COR, Suárez PY

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 224-236
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: syphilis is a public health problem in Ecuador. Congenital syphilis leads to the implementation of actions to achieve the reduction of transmission and finally eradication of disease. The use of diagnostic techniques allows detecting the disease during gestation, thus guaranteeing a follow-up in prenatal management stage and an adequate treatment if necessary.
Objective: to determine syphilis by a serological method in pregnant women who went to the Health Center #3 in the city of Guayaquil.
Methods: aretrospective correlational study of 445 pregnant women who went to the center for prenatal management or at will in the period of April to August 2012. The syphilis positivity was determined by the serological test Venereal Disease Research Laboratory. A questionnaire was designed to evaluate the level of knowledge on the disease and given to 71 randomly selected women. Additionally, an educational program was suggested.
Results: the results were stratified by aged group and pregnancy stage. Of 18 pregnant women with syphilis (4%), just 3 were treated. The highest percentage of positive cases was found in 21-28 age group (61%) and 50% of women were in gestational stage between 21 and 28 weeks. the application of the questionnaire showed a lack of knowledge on the topic, so the educational program included 9 tasks directly related to training in and dissemination of information on this topic.

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