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ABSTRACT
Sexual activity during adolescence can lead to unwanted pregnancy, which in turn can result in serious maternal and fetal complications. The present study aimed to evaluate the complications related to adolescent pregnancy, through a systematic review using the Medical Subject Headings: “pregnancy complication” AND “adolescent” OR “pregnancy in adolescence”. Only full original articles in English or Portuguese with a clearly described methodology, were included. No qualitative studies, reviews or meta-analyses, editorials, case series, or case reports were included. The sample consisted of 15 articles; in that 10 were cross-sectional and 5 were cohort studies. The overall prevalence of adolescent pregnancy was 10%, and among the Brazilian studies, the adolescent pregnancy rate was 26%. The cesarean delivery rate was lower than that reported in the general population. The main maternal and neonatal complications were hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, prematurity and low birth weight, respectively. Adolescent pregnancy is related to increased frequency of neonatal and maternal complications and lower prevalence of cesarean delivery.
Keywords: Adolescent; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in adolescence; Pregnancy complications
RESUMO
A atividade sexual na adolescência pode levar a uma gravidez indesejável que por sua vez pode trazer sérias complicações maternais e fetais. O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar as complicações relacionadas à gravidez na adolescência, por meio de uma revisão sistemática, utilizando como descritores do Medical Subject Headings: “ pregnancy complication ” AND “ adolescent ” OR “ pregnancy in adolescence ”. Foram considerados os artigos originais completos em inglês ou português,
na íntegra, que apresentassem descrição clara da metodologia. Não foram incluídos estudos qualitativos, revisões ou metanálises, editoriais, série de casos e relatos de caso. A amostra foi constituída por 15 publicações, sendo 10 com delineamento transversal e 5 com delineamento coorte. A prevalência geral de gestação na adolescência foi de 10% e, entre os trabalhos nacionais, de 26%. A prevalência de parto cesárea foi menor que a descrita na população geral. As principais complicações maternas e neonatais de mães adolescentes foram doença hipertensiva específica da gestação, prematuridade e baixo peso ao nascer respectivamente. A gestação na adolescência se relacionou a maior frequência de complicações neonatais e maternas e à menor prevalência de parto cesariana.
Descritores: Adolescente; Gravidez; Gravidez na adolescência; Complicações na gravidez
INTRODUCTION
Sexual activity in adolescence initiates earlier and earlier, with immediate undesirable consequences, such as an increased frequency of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and pregnancy, many times also undesired, which may therefore lead to an abortion.(1) In Brazil, during the period from 2000 to 2006, the Live Birth Information System (SINASC, Sistema de Informação sobre Nascidos Vivos ) recorded a decline in participation of births in mothers aged 15 to 19 years. However, the proportion of liveborns whose mothers were not in the age group under 14 years of age remained stable. In 2006, 51.4% of the liveborns
(^1) Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. (^2) Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Corresponding author: Michele Baffi Diniz - Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Graduate Program, Rua Galvão Bueno, 868 − Liberdade – Zip code: 01506-000 − São Paulo, SP, Brazil Phone: (55 11) 3385-3015 – E-mail: [email protected] Received on: Apr 2, 2014 – Accepted on: Aug 8, 2014 DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015RW
Complications in adolescent pregnancy:
systematic review of the literature
Complicações da gravidez na adolescência: revisão sistemática da literatura
Walter Fernandes de Azevedo^1 , Michele Baffi Diniz 2 , Eduardo Sérgio Valério Borges da Fonseca^1 , Lícia Maria Ricarte de Azevedo 2 , Carla Braz Evangelista 1
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were children of mothers aged up to 24 years, with approximately 1% of mothers in the age group under 14 years; 20.6% of the mothers aged from 15 to 19 years; and 29.9% of mothers aged between 20 and 24 years. (2) In 2012, of the 2,905,789 liveborns, 560,147 (19.28%) were from adolescent mothers.(3) From the biological point of view, among the consequences of pregnancy in adolescence are the high rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, anemia, gestational diabetes, delivery complications, determining an increase in maternal and fetal mortality. (4-6)^ It is important to note that some studies showed an increased trend of prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum intercurrent events among pregnant adolescents. (7,8) As to problems with the newborn, gestation during adolescence is associated with higher rates of low birth weight (LBW), preterm delivery, respiratory diseases, and birth trauma, besides a higher frequency of neonatal complications and infant mortality.(9-11) Considering the high prevalence of adolescent gestation and its consequences, this study had the objective of analyzing complications related to adolescent pregnancy.
METHODS
This is an a systematic literature review study that followed the recommendations proposed by Cochrane Collaboration_._ (12,13) The guiding issue proposed for the study was: What are the complications related to adolescent pregnancies? Data collection took place between May and August 2012, by means of an online search in the following databases, starting from the Virtual Health Library (VHL), MEDLINE (PubMed), Latin American and the Caribbean Health Sciences Information Literature (LILACS), and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). To find the articles, the following descriptors were used from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), of the PubMed/MEDLINE database: “pregnancy complication” AND “adolescent” OR “pregnancy in adolescence”. Inclusion criteria included original articles, entirely available for free in the online version, in English and Portuguese, and during the period from 2002 to 2012. The study included randomized clinical trials, quasi- randomized clinical trials, observational analytical studies (case-control, prospective and retrospective cohort studies), and cross-sectional descriptive studies (on prevalence), which included a clear description
of the methods used. Studies carried out with large samples of adults, but that included adolescents as a subgroup, were also included. Not included were theoretical articles, investigations with an unclear description of methods used, manuscripts based on annual statistical reports (census data, and information obtained indirectly by means of graphs or archives), qualitative studies, reviews or meta-analyses, theses and dissertations, editorials, opinion articles, case series, care reports, studies with samples not representative of a population and prior to the year 2002. The studies were initially stratified as per types of design, and posteriorly, as to the outcomes, following Cochrane’s methodology.(14) The methodological quality of the systematic review was defined with the confidence that the design and report of the study were unbiased, (15)^ and was evaluated independently by two reviewers in order to check if the inclusion and exclusion criteria had been met. In case of doubts or disagreement, a third reviewer was requested to issue an official opinion on whether or not the study should be included, according to Stocco. (16)^ In the case of duplicate studies, the most recent one or that with the most complete information was included. To evaluate methodological quality, and inclusion and exclusion criteria, the recommendations made by STROBE (The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) were used.(17,18) The assessment was divided into three study categories: (A) in cases of studies that satisfied a value of ≥80% of the criteria requested; (B) cases that satisfied 79 to 50% of the criteria; and (C) in cases that satisfied <50% of the criteria established.(14,17,18)^ Thus, only the articles that reached a percentage >50% (classified as A or B) were considered of good quality and were included in the investigation.(19) The data analyzed were synthetized and organized by means of figures, charts, and tables.
RESULTS
The universe of the study was made up of 6,465 articles, 6,232 of them at PubMed/MEDLINE and 233 at LILACS and SciELO. After reading the titles and/or abstracts, 6,380 articles were excluded for presenting a focus different from the objective intended. Thus, of the 85 publications read entirely, 15 were selected that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, as per figure 1. Chart 1 shows the countries of origin, year of publication, and design of the studies included in the present review.
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In a study performed with 2,357 pregnant women, the frequency of adolescent women (aged under 18 years) was 4%. The most noted maternal complication was prolonged rupture of the membrane, with 20.3%, followed by pre-eclampsia (7.1%), thyroid diseases (7.1%), heart diseases (3%), and urinary tract infections (2%). Among the neonatal complications, the highlights were prematurity (39%), LBW (32%), and delayed intrauterine growth (12%). Neonatal mortality was described in 6.9% of the cases, and was significantly higher than the neonatal complications of the other deliveries. (20) Another study performed with 265 adolescent mothers (aged ≤19 years) and with 832 mothers aged between 20 and 29 years showed that of the pregnancy- related maternal complications, the most frequent were eclampsia (OR=3.18), pre-eclampsia (OR=1.82), perineal tear (OR=1.45), and episiotomy (OR=1.82); while fetal complications were LBW (OR=1.71), prematurity (OR=1.77), and early neonatal death (OR=2.18).(23) A study performed by means of analysis of data collected by the Texas of State Health Department between 1994 and 2003 assessed the complications that occurred during labor in 1,355,962 nulliparous mothers and showed that adolescent mothers (15 to 18 years) had lower rates intrapartum fever, excessive meconium, premature rupture of the membranes, placenta previa, prolonged labor, dysfunctional delivery, breech presentation, cephalopelvic disproportion, and umbilical cord prolapse, when compared to mothers aged between 25 and 29 years.(32) Mukhopadhyay et al. compared the perinatal differences between 350 adolescents (13 to 19 years) and 350 adults (20 to 29 years), both groups of primigestas, by means of medical record analysis, and demonstrated that there was a greater proportion of premature deliveries (27.7%), LBW (38.95%), and rate of stillborns (5.1%), in comparison with adult mothers.(29) One investigation researched the reasons that led the adolescent to provoke the abortion, relating the motivation with age and type of school they attended. Of the 2,592 adolescents that participated in the study, 182 (7.0%) referred having become pregnant and 149 (26.7%) having aborted. It was verified that the fear of the parent’s reaction (the most often cited reason), age, lack of support from the partner, and non-acceptance of the pregnancy were reasons that led the adolescents to provoke an abortion. The frequency of abortion was higher among the adolescents from public schools.(31) A study conducted by means of data analysis of the residents of the State of Missouri (United States)
during the years 1997 to 1999 investigated the relation between infant mortality (neonatal and postnatal), socioeconomic level, and maternal age. This study involved 10,131 adolescents between 12 and 17 years, 18,954 adolescents between 18 and 19 years, and 28, adults (20 to 34 years), and showed that the risks of infant (OR=1.95), neonatal (OR=1.69), and postnatal (OR=2.47) mortality were significantly greater among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years than among the adults (20 to 34 years). After adjustment for race, marital status, schooling level, smoking, prenatal care, and poverty, the risk of postnatal mortality (OR=1.73) remained significantly higher for younger adolescent mothers, but not the risk of neonatal mortality (OR=1.43).(21) Researchers determined the association between a young maternal age and risk of LBW, small for gestational age (SGA), and premature delivery in 1, nulliparous (759) or uniparous (600) adolescents, who had diet supplementation with micronutrients and gave birth to a child analyzed within 72 hours after the delivery, from 1999 to 2001. The results showed that there was no difference in risk of LBW (OR=0.96) or SGA (OR=1.01) per year of maternal age increase among the primiparous mothers. Young maternal age did not affect the anthropometric data or gestational age of the offspring. Among primiparous adolescents, each year of increased maternal age was associated with an increase at birth in height, head and chest circumference, but not of the weight of the infant. Young maternal age (≤18 years) was associated with an increased risk of premature delivery among the primiparous mothers (OR=2.07).(22) One study analyzed perinatal data gathered between 1990 and 1999, compared the risk of adverse outcomes in nulliparous adolescents (7,845) and adolescents who had had an induced abortion (211) or a prior delivery (801). The adolescents with prior deliveries presented with greater perinatal (OR=2.35) and neonatal (OR=4.70) risks and mortality, when compared to the nulliparous participants. The adolescents with a prior abortion presented with higher risks of stillborns (OR=3.31), premature deliveries (OR=2.21), and a very low birth weight (VLBW) (OR=2.74) than the nulliparous adolescents.(24) Researchers established the temporal changes in maternal age and their impacts on the annual rate of cesarean sections and LBW by means of 91,699 data contained in an information system of Obstetrics of the National Hospital of Muhimbili, located in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), during the period from 1999 to
- Based on the results, it was possible to observe that the proportion of adolescent mothers (12 to 19
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years) diminished progressively over time, while that of 30 to 34 years increased. As of 1999, the risk of LBW declined, and the risk of cesarean sections increased continually up to a maximum in 2005, but the risk in adolescent mothers was lower than in mothers aged between 35 and 50 years.(26) One study investigated the relation between the first and the second pregnancy in adolescence with premature births, birth weight, and SGA, compared to adult mothers, and showed that the adolescents had a greater risk of premature birth and reduced weight of the newborn when compared to the adult mothers, especially during a second gestation.(28) A study conducted by means of the application of questionnaires and medical record analysis assessed the association between teen pregnancy and LBW in 537 adolescent mothers (10 to 19 years) and in 1, adult mothers (20-34 years), showing that the outcomes LBW and prematurity (OR=29.0) were associated with a low number of prenatal visits (OR=2.98), late initiation of prenatal care (OR=1.91), and low level of schooling (OR=1.95). There was a lower incidence of cesarean sections in adolescents (33.3%) than in adults (49.4%), and a lower association with pre-eclampsia and cephalopelvic disproportion.(25) Another study also showed an association between adolescent pregnancy and the late start of prenatal care (OR=1.86) and lower number of visits (OR=2.03).(27) Among the adolescents, also verified was a greater risk of prematurity (OR=1.46) and LBW (OR=1.47), besides the use of an abortive agent at the beginning of gestation (OR=2.34), and among women of an advanced age, a strong association was found between pregnancy and diabetes mellitus (OR=9.00), pre-eclampsia (OR=4.38), premature rupture of the membranes (OR=5.81), and higher frequency of cesarean sections (60.3%).(27) One study demonstrated that the chances of LBW (OR=2.70) and of prematurity (OR=5.82) were reduced when the adolescent had six or more prenatal visits.(34) Another study revealed that appropriate prenatal care decreased the chances of fetal death.(30)
Prevalence of gestation in adolescence
Regarding participant inclusion criteria, four studies selected only adolescents, while the others(11)^ included adolescent and adult and/or advanced age mothers. Of these, eight were studies with a cross-sectional design and were used to calculate the prevalence of gestation in adolescence (Table 1). The national studies demonstrated a prevalence of 26.4% (1,623/6,149).
Maternal and neonatal complications related to adolescent
gestation
The most often described maternal complications in the selected studies were abortion, pregnancy- induced hypertension, hemorrhagic syndromes, urinary infection, and premature rupture, which are described on table 2. The prevalence of cesarean sections in this population was 26.7% (530/1,983).(20,23,25,33,34)
Table 1. Prevalence of pregnancy in adolescence as per the studies included Reference Adolescent/population Incidence (%) Nili et al.(20)^ 99/2,357 4. Santos et al.(25)^ 537/1,978 27. Muganyizi et al.(26)^ 16,573/91,699 18. Santos et al.(27)^ 549/2,196 25. Mukhopadhyay et al.(29)^ 350/700 50. Oliveira et al.(30)^ 1,989/9,041 22. Lopoo(32)^ 125,796/1,355,962 9. Martins et al.(33)^ 537/1,975 27. Total 146,430/1,465,908 10.
Table 2. Maternal complications in adolescent pregnancy, as per the studies included
References Abortion^ HDP^
Hemorrhagic syndromes UTI^ PROM n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) Nili et al.(20)^ - 7/99 (7.1) - 2/99 (2.0) 20/99 (20.2) Kongnyuy et al.(23)
- 41/268 (15.3) 12/268 (4.5)
Santos et al. (25)
43/537 (8.0) 47/537 (8.8) 4/537 (0.74) - -
Santos et al.(27)^ 191/549 (34.8) 50/549 (9.1) 4/549 (0.73) 94/549 (17.1) 6/549 (1.1) Correia et al.(31)^ 149/2.592 (5.8) - - - - Total 383/3.678 (10.4) 145/1.453 (10.0) 8/1.086 (0.74) 96/648 (14.8) 38/916 (4.2) HDP: hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP); UTI: urinary tract infection; PROM: premature rupture of fetal membranes.
Table 3. Prevalence of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and perinatal death in adolescents according to the studies included
Reference PT^ LBW^
Neonatal death
Perinatal death (%) (%) (%) (%) Nili et al.(20)^ 39/99 (39.4) 33/99 (33.3) 7/99 (7.1) 12/99 (12.1) Markovitz et al.(21)^ 2.751/29.085 (9.5) 2.613/29.085 (9.0) 161/29.085 (0.6) - Kongnyuy et al.(23)^ 57/268 (21.3) 46/268 (17.2) 13/268 (4.9) 17/268 (6.34) Reime et al.(24)^ 324/8.857 (3.7) 124/8.857 (1.4) 24/8.857 (0.3) 73/8.857 (0.82) Santos et al.(25)^ 115/537 (21.4) 107/537 (19.9) - - Santos et al.(27)^ 120/549 (21.9) 113/549 (20.6) - - Khashan et al.(28)^ 749/11.142 (6.7) 679/11.142 (6.1) - - Mukhopadhyay et al.(29)
97/350 (27.7) 137/350 (39.1) 18/350 (5.1) 36/350 (10.3)
Martins et al.(33)^ 115/537 (21.4) 107/537 (19.9) - - Santos et al.(34)^ 82/542 (15.1) 62/542 (11.4) - - Total 4.449/51.966 (8.6) 4.021/51.966 (7.7) 223/38.659 (0.6) 138/9574 (1.44) PT: preterm; LBW: low birth weight.
Most of the studies focused on verifying the relation between complications in pregnancy and prematurity and LBW among adolescent mothers, correlating them with perinatal and/or neonatal death (Table 3).
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maternal complications than would an adult pregnant woman. The presence of comorbidity during the gestational period such as, for example, hypertension, urinary tract infection, pathological vaginal discharge, is much more common among adolescents than at other ages.(46) On the other hand, the prevalence of cesarean sections in this group was significantly lower when compared to the adult population. Data from the Information Technology Department of the Unified Healthcare System (DATASUS, Dados do Departamento de Informática dos Sistema Único de Saúde ) revealed that between 2008 and 2011, the prevalence of cesarean sections was 50.7% in the general population, and 43% in the adult population.(41) As to the presence of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia as complications of adolescent pregnancy, the results were inconclusive due to divergent data of the selected articles. Some studies declared that it was significantly greater among infants of adolescent mothers.(20,23) However, others observed a smaller association in adolescent mothers.(25,27) Of the articles analyzed, three papers cited abortion as a risk in early pregnancy, emphasizing the expression of not desiring the child, not taking the pregnancy to full-term.(25,27,31)^ Santos et al.(27)^ verified a 2.34 risk of the use of an abortive agent at the beginning of gestation in pregnant adolescents. Correia et al.(31)^ verified that 26.7% of the adolescents had abortions, primarily for fear of their families. When analyzing specifically the occurrence of abortion in the population of puerperal women, Abreu(47) found a 54.7% proportion of adolescents with antecedents of abortion and identified that most were aged over 16 years (89.7%). As to the quantity of abortions, the same author observed the occurrence of two episodes of abortion, at most, among the adolescents. It is known that adolescents who get an abortion suffer from lack of information, deficient medical care, of loneliness, and of a lack of communication in the family.(48)^ Additionally, abortion is responsible for increased hospital admissions, and can result in physical and psychological complications for the mother, and even death. (49,50)^ According to Granja et al., about 22% of maternal deaths in reference to pregnant adolescents had as primary causes pregnancy-induced hypertension, puerperal sepsis, and septic abortion, representing 75% of the total number of deaths.(51) Urinary infection was cited by two studies of the present systematic review.(20,27)^ A study by Nili et al. (20) showed that only 2% of the pregnant teens presented with urinary tract infections. In the study by Santos et al., (27)^ in urinary infection occurred in 17.1% of the
adolescents. Just as the present systematic review, the study had the objective of establishing the profile of pregnancy in adolescence in a population cared for by the Unified Healthcare System (SUS, Sistema Único de Saúde ) in the city of Muriaé, in the region Zona da Mata Mineira , and verified that urinary infection was one of the most frequent complications among the adolescent puerpera, occurring with a greater proportion in adolescents over 16 years of age.(47) As to complications of the delivery, the occurrence of premature rupture of the membranes was described in three articles.(20,23,27)^ One study reported a 20.3% frequency of premature rupture in pregnant adolescents, suggesting that nutritional deficiencies may play an important role in this complication.(20) Yazlle et al. reported obstetric complications in 38.3% of the adolescents and among the most frequent diagnoses were problems with the fetus or the placenta, and problems with the amniotic cavity and membranes.(52) Despite the increase in coverage for this population given by Primary Care, we noted gaps in the health education and prevention programs that stimulate the use of male and female contraceptive agents, besides the inexistence of public policies directed at young pregnant women.(38)^ These factors collaborate towards the lack of knowledge of the adolescent about prevention methods and the appearance of an undesired pregnancy and its possible complications. Within this context, the need for prevention and control of consequences of an early pregnancy is justified.(40) Therefore, it is up to the healthcare professionals to improve listening, strengthen bonds with the adolescents, guarantee access to information and to contraceptive measures, and promote collective actions that help adolescents deal with their sexuality and develop self- care, and to also increase access to educational and recreational activities.(53) It is important to point out that this study has some limitations. Only the MEDLINE (PubMed), LILACS, and SciELO databases were used, i.e ., those considered most important in the field of health. However, other databases could have been consulted, such as EMBASE: Biomedical Answers, EBSCO, and SCOPUS. Additionally, in selected cross-sectional studies is it difficult to establish with precision the cause-effect relation, since the causal relation may suffer influences from confounding factors. The scarcity of data from good quality randomized controlled clinical studies to evaluate the complications of pregnancy in adolescence was also a limiting factor.
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CONCLUSIONS
The main neonatal complications found were prematurity, low or very low birth weight, and perinatal mortality. Whereas the major maternal complications were hypertensive pregnancy disorders, abortion, urinary infections, and premature rupture of the fetal membranes. However, it is important to point out that the data are controversial as to the occurrence of pre-eclampsia. Within this context, the importance of conducting studies for further clarification as to neonatal mortality, which seems to be strongly influenced by some determinants, such as low birth weight and prematurity, as well as maternal complications related to adolescent pregnancy. This fact reinforces the importance of prevention of these variables in prenatal and delivery care.
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