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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had effects on the health of health workers, including obstetricians, but the consequences in this occupational group are unknown. Objective: Determine the consequences of COVID-19 on the physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians in Peru. Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out on 511 attending obstetricians, in the first line of care. An online questionnaire, previously validated and reliable, was applied to measure the variables: general characteristics and exposure to COVID-19, physical health, psychological health, and social health. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 468 (91.6%) obstetricians are women, 287 (56.2%) aged 40-59 years, 213 (41.7%) married, 292 (57.1%) working at the first level of care; 216 (42.3%) were infected with COVID-19, 165 (32.3%) had headache, 127 (24.9%) sore throat and 121 (23.7%) fatigue; 167 (77.3%) required outpatient treatment and 3 (1.3%) intensive care. Obesity reported by 102 (20.0%) obstetricians was the main comorbidity, followed by hypertension with 38 (7.4%) and diabetes with 14 (2.7%); 263 (51.5%) reported depressive symptoms and 464 (90.8%) stress; 238 (46.6%) felt discrimination and 118 (23.1%) carried the workload of the home alone. Conclusions: The physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians is affected by the pandemic; generates disorders of overweight/obesity, depression, stress; as well as discrimination and work overload at home.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the lives of university students, their teaching-learning modality, socioeconomic situation, and their physical and psychological health. Objectives: Determine the socioeconomic, academic, technological and health characteristics of obstetricians in training during the COVID-19 pandemic at a Peruvian public university. Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study. 186 obstetricians in training participated. The type of sampling was stratified random probabilistic. A validated and reliable virtual questionnaire was applied. In the statistical analysis, absolute and relative frequencies, median and interquartile range were used. The research was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. Results: In the socioeconomic situation, 91.5% reported a decrease in family income during the pandemic and 43.0% of household heads lost their jobs. In the technological situation, 36.0% received technological support from the university and 94.6% had problems with the internet service. In the academic situation, 97.3% consider that the academic load increased, 68.3% intended to leave the university and 29.6% abandoned a course. Regarding health, 35.5% had a diagnosis of COVID-19 without the need for hospitalization; the moderate to intense level predominated in stress symptoms; in depression, the moderate level; and in anxiety, the mild level. Conclusion: There was an impact on the socioeconomic, technological, academic and health situation in obstetricians in training, showing a significant frequency of stress and depression during the last period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introducción: El embarazo en la adolescencia es un problema de salud pública en Perú; sin embargo, hay una cifra de adolescentes con vida sexual activa, sin protección anticonceptiva. Objetivo: Determinar los factores socioculturales, sexuales y reproductivos asociados al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos en adolescentes mujeres. Métodos: Investigación descriptiva, transversal; se aplicó un análisis de base secundaria de la Encuesta Demográfica y Salud Familiar realizada en Perú en 2019. La población estuvo conformada por 1 871 mujeres de 15 a 19 años y se excluyeron aquellas que no habían iniciado su vida sexual o con datos incompletos. Se utilizó prueba ji cuadrado de Pearson y regresión de Poisson para el análisis estadístico. Resultados: El 46,6 % de adolescentes no utilizaron métodos anticonceptivos. Se asociaron al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos, factores socioculturales como edad de 15 a 17 años, nivel educativo superior, asistencia actual a institución educativa, razón para dejar de estudiar (p< 0,05); y factores sexuales y reproductivos como: no tener parejas sexuales actualmente, edad de la primera relación sexual entre 15 a 19 años, no tener hijos y no vivir con una pareja (p< 0,05). Según el análisis multivariado, tener 15 a 17 años aumenta la prevalencia de no usar métodos anticonceptivos (Rpa:1,21 IC:1,09-1,33). Sin embargo, tener parejas sexuales (Rpa:0,48 IC:0,44-0,52) e hijos (Rpa:0,49 IC:0,45-0,55) redujeron la prevalencia de no uso de anticonceptivos. Conclusiones: Los factores socioculturales, sexuales y reproductivos asociados al no uso de anticoncepción fueron la edad de 15 a 17 años, tener parejas sexuales e hijos.