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Status of Contraceptive Use for Birth Spacing After a Teenage Pregnancy: Where Do We Stand?

Background: Adolescence is the most complex stage of reproductive health. The knowledge and awareness of adolescent-related reproductive issues are limited, particularly in lower-middle-income countries. Adolescent pregnancies are associated with major maternal and neonatal complications. Effective...

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Autores principales: A, Anupma, Sarkar, Avir, Sharma, Priyanka, Jindal, Sonam, Sharma, Jagadish C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10239535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37284373
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38563
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Sharma, Jagadish C
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description Background: Adolescence is the most complex stage of reproductive health. The knowledge and awareness of adolescent-related reproductive issues are limited, particularly in lower-middle-income countries. Adolescent pregnancies are associated with major maternal and neonatal complications. Effective contraception use can prevent teenage pregnancy and subsequent complications. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital and teaching institute over a period of one year. Through this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of postpartum use of approved standard methods of contraception for birth spacing among teenage mothers and to assess the reasons for their non-acceptance. A total of 133 consecutive consenting postpartum teenage mothers were recruited in the study. Participants were asked about their age at the time of marriage and delivery, marital status, parity, education and economic status, the number of antenatal visits, mode of delivery, and antenatal complications. Compliance with postpartum contraception was noted, and reasons for its non-acceptance were asked in detail. Results: Among the 133 participants, contraceptive users were categorized into Group A and non-users into Group B. The mean age at the time of marriage was 17.6±0.4 and 17.5±0.6 years in Group A and Group B, respectively. Mothers in Group A were more educated than their counterparts in Group B (82.2% of mothers were educated up to 12th standard in Group A compared to 46.6% in Group B). Among the contraception users, 70% had four or more antenatal visits compared to 7.9% of the non-users. Reasons for non-acceptance of postpartum contraception were elicited in Group B: 42.0% had fear of becoming infertile, 38.6% feared that contraceptives interfere with breastfeeding and quality of breastmilk, 13.6% had opposition from family members, and 5.8% did not mention any reason. Conclusion: Teenage pregnancy is associated with increased feto-maternal complications. It also accounts for an increased incidence of unsafe abortions and maternal mortality. So it is crucial to make the adolescent group aware of effective methods of postpartum contraceptives to prevent adolescent pregnancies. Collaborative larger multicentric studies from different countries will help to reach a better, generalized conclusion regarding the same. 
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spelling pubmed-102395352023-06-05 Status of Contraceptive Use for Birth Spacing After a Teenage Pregnancy: Where Do We Stand? A, Anupma Sarkar, Avir Sharma, Priyanka Jindal, Sonam Sharma, Jagadish C Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Background: Adolescence is the most complex stage of reproductive health. The knowledge and awareness of adolescent-related reproductive issues are limited, particularly in lower-middle-income countries. Adolescent pregnancies are associated with major maternal and neonatal complications. Effective contraception use can prevent teenage pregnancy and subsequent complications. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital and teaching institute over a period of one year. Through this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of postpartum use of approved standard methods of contraception for birth spacing among teenage mothers and to assess the reasons for their non-acceptance. A total of 133 consecutive consenting postpartum teenage mothers were recruited in the study. Participants were asked about their age at the time of marriage and delivery, marital status, parity, education and economic status, the number of antenatal visits, mode of delivery, and antenatal complications. Compliance with postpartum contraception was noted, and reasons for its non-acceptance were asked in detail. Results: Among the 133 participants, contraceptive users were categorized into Group A and non-users into Group B. The mean age at the time of marriage was 17.6±0.4 and 17.5±0.6 years in Group A and Group B, respectively. Mothers in Group A were more educated than their counterparts in Group B (82.2% of mothers were educated up to 12th standard in Group A compared to 46.6% in Group B). Among the contraception users, 70% had four or more antenatal visits compared to 7.9% of the non-users. Reasons for non-acceptance of postpartum contraception were elicited in Group B: 42.0% had fear of becoming infertile, 38.6% feared that contraceptives interfere with breastfeeding and quality of breastmilk, 13.6% had opposition from family members, and 5.8% did not mention any reason. Conclusion: Teenage pregnancy is associated with increased feto-maternal complications. It also accounts for an increased incidence of unsafe abortions and maternal mortality. So it is crucial to make the adolescent group aware of effective methods of postpartum contraceptives to prevent adolescent pregnancies. Collaborative larger multicentric studies from different countries will help to reach a better, generalized conclusion regarding the same.  Cureus 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10239535/ /pubmed/37284373 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38563 Text en Copyright © 2023, A et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Status of Contraceptive Use for Birth Spacing After a Teenage Pregnancy: Where Do We Stand?
title_sort status of contraceptive use for birth spacing after a teenage pregnancy: where do we stand?
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10239535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37284373
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38563
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