Outcomes – Adolescent _adult pregnancies – 2020
This document is a research article published in the Galle Medical Journal in September 2020. The article compares the maternal and fetal outcomes between adolescent and adult pregnancies. The study was conducted at a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka and included 100 adolescent mothers (aged 10-19 years) and 100 adult mothers (aged 20-35 years) with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies. The researchers collected data on demographic characteristics, maternal outcomes (such as anemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and gestational diabetes), perinatal outcomes (such as preterm delivery, birth weight, and APGAR scores), and mode of delivery. The findings suggest that adolescent mothers had a higher rate of vaginal delivery compared to adult mothers, but there were no significant differences in the selected perinatal outcomes between the two groups. However, adolescent mothers had a higher prevalence of anemia and preterm delivery, although these differences were not statistically significant.
