Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents
Abstract Objective Adolescent pregnancies are high risk and deliveries in this age group are usually associated with adverse outcomes. The perception that multiparous adolescents have better delivery outcomes than primiparous counterparts is not uncommon. We sought to determine if multiparous adoles...
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| description | Abstract Objective Adolescent pregnancies are high risk and deliveries in this age group are usually associated with adverse outcomes. The perception that multiparous adolescents have better delivery outcomes than primiparous counterparts is not uncommon. We sought to determine if multiparous adolescents were precluded from having adverse delivery outcomes when compared to primiparous adolescents. The data used for the analysis is a side product from a published project aimed at mapping the epidemiology of adolescent deliveries in the Oku health district. Results From an 8-year (2009–2016) retrospective register analysis of data from two primary healthcare facilities in the Oku health district—a rural area in Cameroon, the prevalence of multiparous adolescent deliveries was 21.5% (78/363). After multivariable analyses, and adjusting for age, sex of baby, gestational age, marital status and HIV status, primiparous adolescents were more likely to have low birth weight infants (LBW) (OR: 3.2; 95% CI 1.1, 9.7; p = 0.04) when compared with multiparous adolescents. Though primiparous adolescents were more likely to have LBW infants than multiparous adolescents, this group of mothers are generally ill-equipped to handle pregnancies and adolescent-friendly programs are necessary to decrease the associated burden. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-931c72b86a314ed4836776a5a26f98332022-12-22T01:52:52ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002018-07-011111610.1186/s13104-018-3550-zAdolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescentsTsi Njim0Valirie Ndip Agbor1Centre for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of OxfordIbal Sub-Divisional HospitalAbstract Objective Adolescent pregnancies are high risk and deliveries in this age group are usually associated with adverse outcomes. The perception that multiparous adolescents have better delivery outcomes than primiparous counterparts is not uncommon. We sought to determine if multiparous adolescents were precluded from having adverse delivery outcomes when compared to primiparous adolescents. The data used for the analysis is a side product from a published project aimed at mapping the epidemiology of adolescent deliveries in the Oku health district. Results From an 8-year (2009–2016) retrospective register analysis of data from two primary healthcare facilities in the Oku health district—a rural area in Cameroon, the prevalence of multiparous adolescent deliveries was 21.5% (78/363). After multivariable analyses, and adjusting for age, sex of baby, gestational age, marital status and HIV status, primiparous adolescents were more likely to have low birth weight infants (LBW) (OR: 3.2; 95% CI 1.1, 9.7; p = 0.04) when compared with multiparous adolescents. Though primiparous adolescents were more likely to have LBW infants than multiparous adolescents, this group of mothers are generally ill-equipped to handle pregnancies and adolescent-friendly programs are necessary to decrease the associated burden.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3550-zAdolescent deliveriesMultipara adolescentsDelivery outcomesCameroon |
| spellingShingle | Tsi Njim Valirie Ndip Agbor Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents BMC Research Notes Adolescent deliveries Multipara adolescents Delivery outcomes Cameroon |
| title | Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| title_full | Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| title_short | Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| title_sort | adolescent deliveries in rural cameroon comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents |
| topic | Adolescent deliveries Multipara adolescents Delivery outcomes Cameroon |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3550-z |
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