Abstract

RODRIGUEZ PEREZ, Mercedes; MORA RODRIGUEZ, Mirza  and  MORA VERA, Isabel. Embarazo en la adolescencia y su relación con el recién nacido bajo peso. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2001, vol.17, n.2, pp.101-106. ISSN 0864-0319.

A retrospective research study was carried out from 1994 to 1998 in "Ernesto Guevara de la Serna" community polyclinics located in Mir, Calixto García municipality. Our universe of study was represented by 95 pregnant adolescents and their infants and the sample taken was made up of 90 pregnant adolescents and 16 low birth weight newborns. Due to the incidence of low birth weight in our health area, this paper was conducted to find out the relation between low birth weight and pregnancy in adolescence. After having thoroughly explained the need for this study to the Statistics Department staff, we obtained their consent to gather information; obstetric cards and birth records were reviewed for this end. Data were manually processed. It was observed that adolescents presented 18% of low birth newborn. All the studied variables were significantly associated with the low birth weight and the following were identified as marked influential risk factors: as to parity of pregnant adolescents, we found that patients with only one pregnancy were the ones that had infants with the lowest birth weight and that adolescents who had only finished their elementary school were the ones that showed the highest number of low birth weight infants; also, vaginal sepsis and cervical changes were the predominant complications as a result of low birth weight.

Keywords : PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MEDICINE.

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