FETOMATERNAL OUTCOME IN TEENAGE TERM PREGNANCY

JPUMHS;2024:14:01,95-102. http://doi.org/10.46536/jpumhs/2024/14.01.501

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Teenage pregnancy, involving women aged 13-19 years, is prevalent in developing
countries like Pakistan due to early marriages, low socioeconomic status, and illiteracy. OBJECTIVE
OF THE STUDY: The study's objective was to assess the outcomes for both the mother and the fetus
in teenage term pregnancies. METHODOLOGY: The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar conducted this cross-sectional study. The study included 246
adolescent patients who were pregnant and between the ages of 12 and 19 with primary gravida and
gestational ages greater than 28 weeks. The statistical analysis software SPSS version 21.0 was used to
analyze the data. RESULTS: Age range in this study was from 12 to 19 years with mean age of
17.451±1.25 years, mean parity 0.000±0.00, mean gestational age 34.512±2.18 weeks and mean BMI
was 24.390±1.18 Kg/m2. PPH was observed in 10.6% patients, Tears 15.4%, Low Birth Weight 11.8%,
Still Birth 3.3%, Low Apgar Score 19.9% and NICU Admission was 13.4%. CONCLUSION: This
study demonstrated that low birth weight, stillbirth, low Apgar score, and NICU hospitalization are big
issues for babies born to adolescent mothers, while PPH and tears are issues for adolescent pregnant
women. The government should raise the legal marriage age, enhance education, offer excellent
nutrition, prenatal checkups, psychological care, and promote contraception to prevent underage
marriages