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La postergación de la maternidad: un estudio transversal de las diferencias entre factores subjetivos y objetivos
Xin Li1,2,3, Siyuan Zeng1, Yalan Li4
1West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Annals of medicine
|August 28, 2025
Resumen
El retraso en la maternidad está significativamente influenciado por los objetivos profesionales y la estabilidad financiera. Los factores objetivos como la educación y el empleo también juegan un papel clave en las mujeres.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Reproductiva
- Sociología
- Salud de las mujeres
Sus antecedentes:
- Investigar los factores que influyen en el retraso de la maternidad en las mujeres.
- Diferenciar entre influencias subjetivas y objetivas en el retraso en el parto.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Analizar el impacto de los factores subjetivos y objetivos en el retraso de la maternidad.
- Identificar las principales causas socioeconómicas y personales del retraso en el parto.
Principales métodos:
- Se reclutaron 1.128 mujeres de tres hospitales (enero-diciembre de 2023).
- Criterios de exclusión: antecedentes de trastornos de salud mental o no participación.
- Recopilación de datos mediante controles prenatales y cuestionarios; análisis mediante regresión logística binaria.
Principales resultados:
- IMC más alto antes del embarazo, educación, empleo a tiempo completo y problemas de salud reproductiva relacionados con el retraso en la maternidad.
- La priorización de la carrera aumentó la probabilidad de postergar la maternidad en un 72%.
- Las preocupaciones por la estabilidad financiera aumentaron la probabilidad en un 128%.
Conclusiones:
- La postergación de la maternidad es el resultado de una combinación de factores subjetivos (carrera, finanzas) y objetivos (educación, salud).
- El estatus socioeconómico, las ambiciones profesionales y las influencias psicológicas son importantes.
- Necesidad de políticas de apoyo a las mujeres para equilibrar la carrera, la familia y la salud reproductiva.
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