Summary
This retrospective descriptive study from a Spanish teaching hospital (2004–2016) compared perinatal outcomes between adolescent mothers (under 19 years at conception) and adult controls (20–35 years). The research focused on birth weight as a primary outcome and other neonatal markers as secondary endpoints. The paper appears to contribute evidence on the relationship between early maternal age and infant health at delivery in a European healthcare setting.
UK applicability
Findings on adolescent pregnancy outcomes are relevant to UK maternal and child health policy and clinical practice, though UK adolescent birth rates and healthcare contexts differ from Spain's. The study's hospital-based design may have limited generalisability to UK community settings or more diverse socioeconomic populations.
Key measures
Birth weight; perinatal outcomes (unspecified secondary measures); maternal age at conception; neonatal health indicators
Outcomes reported
The study compared perinatal outcomes, particularly birth weight, between adolescent mothers (under 19 years) and adult control mothers (20–35 years) at hospital delivery. Secondary outcomes included other neonatal and perinatal measures recorded from maternal and neonatal clinical records.
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