Obstetric profile of pregnant adolescents in a public hospital: risk at beginning of labor, at delivery, postpartum, and in puerperium

Authors

  • Hugo Tapia Martínez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia
  • Marta Angélica Iossi Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Iñiga Pérez Cabrera Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia
  • Araceli Jiménez Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0316.2621

Abstract

Objective: describe the obstetric profile of adolescents at beginning of labor, at delivery, postpartum, and in puerperium.Method: Cross-sectional descriptive study with 85 pregnant adolescents, selected by convenience, referred by health centers to a public hospital in Mexico City. Risks were evaluated before, during and after delivery and in puerperium, and measured respectively with the "Previgenes" that compose the Reproductive and Perinatal Risk Assessment System.Results: socioeconomic status, occupation and education level had influence on the emotionality of adolescents in relation to labor, whose obstetric risk was low for 55%, medium for 35%, and high for 10%. Risk in labor was low for 55%, medium for 18%, and high for 27%. Risk postpartum was low for 50%, medium for 25%, and high for 25%. In puerperium, most adolescents (90%) had low risk.Conclusion: most adolescents had low risk in the stages evaluated. The study contributed to identify strategies to approach risk considering the vulnerability inherent in this type of population and favored the conduct of appropriate interventions for the respective needs.

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Published

2015-10-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 5 (2015)

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Obstetric profile of pregnant adolescents in a public hospital: risk at beginning of labor, at delivery, postpartum, and in puerperium . (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(5), 829-836. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0316.2621