Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ)
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Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) · Jan 2020
Co-morbidities, Maternal and Fetal Outcome of Teenage Pregnancy at Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal.
Background Teenage pregnancies constitute a serious health and social problem worldwide. World estimates in 2008 report about 16 million births to adolescent mothers, most of them occurring in low and middle income countries. Objective To assess pregnancy co-morbidities and outcome of teenage pregnancy. ⋯ Most common maternal morbidity found was urinary tract infection during pregnancy but statistically not significant. Similarly, newborn mean weight was more than 2.5 kg and neonatal death found very less. However, teenage pregnancy is significantly associated with low economic status, illiteracy status, willingness to marriage by teenagers and ethnicity.