Open AccessTHE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY ON OBSTETRICS AND NEONATAL OUTCOME: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
Author(s) -
Nutan Narayan,
Dipti Roy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i6.1337
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , eclampsia , obstetrics , observational study , pregnancy , teenage pregnancy , gynecology , population , genetics , environmental health , biology
Aim: to study the effects of teenage pregnancy on obstetrics and neonatal outcome.
Materials and methods: The present prospective comparative interventional study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar. Total 60 patients were divided in to two groups.
Results: Majority of the patients (66.9%) were in the 18-20 years of age group. Pre-eclampsia was observed in 26.7% of the patients who didn’t receive vitamin D supplement whereas the group I which received supplementation showed on pre-eclampsia in 6.7% of the patients (p=0.001).
Conclusion: This study concludes that there is significant role of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women in prevention of pre-eclampsia.
Keywords: pre-eclampsia, vitamin D, neonatal outcome, teenage