Abstract

Dr. CH. Tejaswi*, Dr. P. Radha Kumari and Dr. A. Sita Rama

ABSTRACT

Background: Adolescent is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. Adolescent pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy occurring in a teenage girl under19 years age. Teenage pregnancy is one of the major public health issues in world. Every year, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15-19 years in developing regions become pregnant and approximately 12 million of them give birth. This shows that the impact of pregnancy in adolescents results in poor outcome. Hence the present study was selected to know the outcome of adolescent pregnancy and compare with normal pregnancy. Objectives: 1.To study factors related to teenage pregnancy and its outcomes. 2.To study maternal and foetal outcomes of adolescent pregnancy and compare with normal pregnancy. Methodology: It is a cross sectional hospital based observational study conducted in the month of May to june 2022. The study subjects include postnatal mothers in the postnatal wards of government general hospital, Guntur. The data was collected by using pre-designed, pre -tested & semi-structured questionnaire by face-to-face interview in postnatal wards after obtaining informed consent from the study participants. The data was analysed by using SPSS software. Results: 78% of adolescents belong to rural background and 50% adolescents belong to lower middle socio-economic status. In this study 72% of adolescents were mildly anaemic. The proportion of pre-term labour in adolescents is 28.75% whereas the proportion of low birth weight is 29%. Conclusion: In present study low birth weight, postnatal complications and preterm labour are more among adolescents compared to normal women. Most of adolescents belong to low socio-economic status compared to normal women.