Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents.
Tsi NjimValirie Ndip AgborPublished in: BMC research notes (2018)
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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