Predictive factors of abortion among teenagers with obstetric experience

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Barros, Idna de Carvalho²  Gomes, Keila Rejane Oliveira¹  Maranhão, Thatiana Araújo³ 

[1] Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil;Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil;Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Parnaíba, Brazil

关键词: Pregnancy in adolescence;    Sexual and reproductive health;    Abortion;    Abortion;    spontaneous;    Abortion;    criminal;    Abortifacient agents;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5497201600030003

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

:Objective: To analyze the predictive factors of abortion among teenagers with gestational history.Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 464 teenagers aged between 15 and 19 years, from Teresina, Piauí, who completed a pregnancy in the first quarter of 2006 in six city maternity hospitals. Data were collected from May to December 2008, at the teenagers' home, after their identification in the hospital records. For the univariate analysis of data, descriptive statistics was used, and for bivariate analysis, Pearson's χ2-test and Z-test were applied. Multivariate analysis was performed by means of the Multiple logistic regression (MLR), with significance level of 5%.Results: Teenagers who had more than one pregnancy were almost nine times more likely to have an abortion when compared to those who had only one pregnancy (p = 0.002). Furthermore, the teenagers who reported being pressured by the partner to have an abortion were four times and a half more likely to do it, when compared to those pressured by relatives and friends (p = 0.007).Conclusion: The teenagers who had two or more pregnancies and were pressured by the partner to have an abortion were more prone to do it. Thus, it is necessary that programs of Family Planning include the teenagers more effectively, aiming at avoiding unwanted pregnancies among this population and, consequently, abortion induced in poor conditions.

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