The Association Between Adequate Prenatal Care and Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Teenage Pregnancies: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to examine whether inadequate prenatal care affect the risk of severe maternal morbidity in teenage pregnancies.

Methods

We included 23,202 delivery cases among adolescent mothers aged between 13 and 19 years old with ≥ 37 weeks' gestational age. Data were derived from the National Health Insurance Service National Delivery Cohort in Korea between 2003 and 2018. We used a generalized estimating equation model while adjusting for numerous covariates to determine the adjusted relative risk (RR) associated with severe maternal morbidity. The main outcome measures were severe maternal morbidity and the Kessner Adequacy of Prenatal Care Index.

Results

Severe maternal morbidity occurred in 723 (3.1%) of the 23,202 investigated delivery c

SUBMITTER: Nam JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192951 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature