Obstetric profile of pregnant adolescents in a public hospital: risk at beginning of labor, at delivery, postpartum, and in puerperium.
OBJECTIVE
describe the obstetric profile of adolescents at beginning of labor, at delivery, postpartum, and in puerperium.


METHODS
Cross-sectional descriptive study with 85 pregnant adolescents, selected by convenience, referred by health centers to a public hospital in Mexico City. Risks were evaluated before, during and after delivery and in puerperium, and measured respectively with the "Previgenes" that compose the Reproductive and Perinatal Risk Assessment System.


RESULTS
socioeconomic status, occupation and education level had influence on the emotionality of adolescents in relation to labor, whose obstetric risk was low for 55%, medium for 35%, and high for 10%. Risk in labor was low for 55%, medium for 18%, and high for 27%. Risk postpartum was low for 50%, medium for 25%, and high for 25%. In puerperium, most adolescents (90%) had low risk.


CONCLUSIONS
most adolescents had low risk in the stages evaluated. The study contributed to identify strategies to approach risk considering the vulnerability inherent in this type of population and favored the conduct of appropriate interventions for the respective needs.
Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Hugo Tapia
HT
Martínez
Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Marta Angélica Iossi
MA
Silva
Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Iñiga Pérez
IP
Cabrera
Escuela Nacional de Enfermería y Obstetricia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Araceli Jiménez
AJ
Mendoza
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult