ผลลัพธ์ของการตั้งครรภ์ในหญิงวัยรุ่นโรงพยาบาลมหาสารคาม

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Objectives : To determine the incidence of teenage pregnancy, obstetric and neonatal

complications of teenage mothers.

Study design : Retrospective descriptive.

Subjects : Three hundred and fifty-two teenage pregnants who had delivered in

Mahasarakham Hospital from August 1^st , 2008 to July 31th , 2009.

Material and Method : A retrospective study was conducted in a population of teenages delivered

at Mahasarakham Hospital from August 1^st , 2008 to July 31th , 2009.

The medical records of the patients identified were reviewed.Demographic,

obstetric, neonatal complications information were collected.

Result : Total of 2,667 pregnants who gave birth during the time of study,

the teenage pregnants were 352.The incidence of teenage pregnancies

accounted for 13.2% of all pregnancies.The patients’mean age

17.6±1.4 years.Most(85.8) were nulliparous. 62.2% of the cases had secondary

education and 61.9% of them were housewife.83% of the cases had adequate

antenatal care.The gestational ages at delivery were more than 37 weeks in 83.3%

and 58.2% of teenage pregnants had normal delivery.The newborns’ mean birth

weight were 2,886.2±499.4 kilograms.The most frequent obstetric complications

were : anemia (17.6%), preterm delivery (15.4%), preeclampsia (5.4%).

Conclusion : The incidence of teenage pregnancy was found to be 13.2%. Preterm labour,

anemia and preeclampsia were the obstetric complications in the teenage pregnancy.