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Background: Teenage pregnancy is a public health issue that affects
teenage mothers and community at large-scale. Teenage pregnancy has side
effects for mother and embryo. The present study compared pregnancy outcomes in
teenage and primiparas.
Methods: Present study was a descriptive-comparison with 382
pregnant women in two groups, 122 teenage mothers and 260 primiparas above 20
years old admitted to Kowsar Teaching Hospital in Qazvin in 2012-2013 using
convenience sampling. Data gathering tool was a questionnaire with three
sections including demographics, pregnancy and delivery information, and
neonatal outcomes. Data were analyzed using Chi square test and t-test through SPSS
v. 16.
Results: Results showed that weight gain in pregnancy and
complications such as abruption, preeclampsia, placenta previa, miscarriage and
IUGR in two groups were no significantly different (p>0.05). Vomiting,
insomnia and urinary tract infection were more frequent in teenage pregnancy
but diabetes and pyelonephritis were higher in primiparas (p=0.04). Post-partum
was similar in both groups. Duration of delivery was significantly shorter and
vaginal delivery was higher in teenage pregnancy (p=0.04).
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