Author:
Honorato Danylo José Palma,Fulone Izabela,Silva Marcus Tolentino,Lopes Luciane Cruz
Abstract
Background: Adolescent pregnancy is a public health concern and many studies have evaluated neonatal outcomes, but few have compared younger adolescents with older using adequate prenatal care.Objective: To compare the risks of adverse neonatal outcomes in younger pregnant adolescents who are properly followed through group prenatal care (GPC) delivered by specialized public services.Methods: This retrospective cohort study followed pregnant adolescents (aged 10–17 years) who received GPC from specialized public services in Brazil from 2009 to 2014. Data were obtained from medical records and through interviews with a multidisciplinary team that treated the patients. The neonatal outcomes (low birth weight, prematurity, Apgar scores with 1 and 5 min, and neonatal death) of newborns of adolescents aged 10–13 years were compared to those of adolescents aged 14–15 years and 16–17 years. Incidence was calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and compared over time using a chi-squared test to observe trends. Poisson Multivariate logistic regression was used to adjust for confounding variables. The results are presented as adjusted relative risks or adjusted mean differences.Results: Of the 1,112 adolescents who were monitored, 758 were included in this study. The overall incidence of adverse neonatal outcomes (low birth weight and prematurity) was measured as 10.2% (95% CI: 9.7–11.5). Apgar scores collected at 1 and 5 min were found to be normal, and no instance of fetal death occurred. The incidence of low birth weight was 16.1% for the 10–13 age group, 8.7% for the 14–15 age group and 12.1% for the 16–17 age group. The incidence of preterm was measured at 12, 8.5, and 12.6% for adolescents who were 10–13, 14–15, and 16–17 years of age, respectively. Neither low birth weight nor prematurity levels significantly differed among the groups (p > 0.05). The infants born to mothers aged 10–13 years presented significantly (p < 0.05) lower Apgar scores than other age groups, but the scores were within the normal range.Conclusions: Our findings showed lower incidence of neonatal adverse outcomes and no risk difference of neonatal outcomes in younger pregnancy adolescents. It potentially suggests that GPC model to care pregnant adolescents is more important than the age of pregnant adolescent, however further research is needed.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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