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Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in
El zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt.
Ghadah Abdelrahman Mahmoud
Abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El
Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at
the same village. A Cross Sectional study was used in carrying out this study. A Structured Interviewing
questionnaire is designed by the investigator to be filled from each adolescent pregnant woman who visited
Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City. The results indicated that nearly two thirds of women
(64%) were in the second trimester of pregnancy with the mean gestational age was 20.6+4.6 weeks. The vast
majority of women didn’t know any information about nutritional needs and warning signs during pregnancy
and they had no information about postpartum family planning methods and postpartum complications (94% &
96.5%) respectively. more than half of adolescent pregnant women (58.5%) didn’t know the cause of their early
marriage. It is concluded that there is a lack of perinatal knowledge about adolescent pregnant women in rural
village, Egypt
I. Introduction:
Adolescent reproductive health and rights have received much global attention during the last two
decades. Many of these issues among adolescents have become major public health problems in various parts of
the world and need to be addressed: unintended pregnancies, abortions, and sexual transmitted infections (STI)
[1].
The term “adolescent” is often used synonymously with “teenager”. In this sense “adolescent
pregnancy” means pregnancy in a woman aged 10–19 years [2]. In most statistics the age of the woman is
defined as her age at the time the baby is born. Because a considerable difference exists between a 12- or 13-
year-old girl, and a young woman of say 19, authors sometimes distinguish between adolescents aged 15–19
years, and younger adolescents aged 10–14 years [3].
The reasons for teenage pregnancy may be multifactorial and have a self-behavioral, traditional, social,
cultural, or religious foundation. Poverty, low socioeconomic status, limited education, and early sexual activity
are the main factors perpetuating the problem of adolescent pregnancy. Other factors such as risk-taking
behavior and lack of information about contraception have also been proposed [4].
Adolescence is a critical period, during which a person is no longer a child but is not yet a fully mature
adult. Adolescent pregnancy has been reported to have deleterious reproductive implications for women, in
addition to placing a burden on the community. The most frequently reported complications are increased risk of
preterm labor, intrauterine growth retardation, cesarean delivery, and low birth weight. However, the effect of
confounders such as smoking and alcohol intake could not be ruled out in many previous studies [5].
In recent decades adolescent pregnancy has become an important health issue in a great number of
countries, both developed and developing. However, pregnancy in adolescence (i.e. in a girl <20 years of age) is
by no means a new phenomenon. In large regions of the world (e.g. South Asia, the Middle East and North
Africa), age at marriage has traditionally been low in kinship-based societies and economies. In such cases most
girls married soon after menarche, fertility was high, and consequently many children were born from
adolescent mothers [6].
More than 14 million adolescent girls give birth each year. Although these births occur in all societies,
12.8 million, more than 90%, are in developing countries. In some societies girls marry and start their families
before their own childhoods have ended. In other countries the majority of births to young mothers occur
outside marriage where there is a high rate of sexual activity amongst adolescents, some of it coerced, or linked
to poverty and social exclusion [7].
Some health risks associated with pregnancy and childbearing are more pronounced among adolescents
than among older women (World Health Organization, 2003b), due to the adolescents’ physiological and
psychological immaturity, lack of adequate antenatal care and safe delivery. Health problems experienced by
adolescent mothers are confounded by parity, because parity 1 and low age often occur simultaneously [8].
Adolescent girls who give birth each year have a much higher risk of dying from maternal causes
compared to women in their 20s and 30s. These risks increase greatly as maternal age decreases, with
adolescents under 16 facing four times the risk of maternal death as women over 20. Moreover, babies born to
adolescents also face a significantly higher risk of death compared to babies born to older women [9].
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Adolescent pregnancy is one of the main issues in every health system since early pregnancy can have
harmful implications on girl’s physical, psychological, economic and social status [10].
Teenage pregnancy is a worldwide phenomenon affecting both developed and developing countries
[11]. About 15 million women/girls aged less than 20 years give birth each year, roughly 11% of all births
worldwide. The vast majority of these births, almost 95% occur in developing countries [12]. In Egypt, by the
age of 19 years, one fifth of married women have already begun childbearing [13].
Egypt has a high birth rate, which is nearly constant at 2.7% and the rate of adolescent pregnancy
ranges from 4.1% in urban societies to 11.3% in rural areas [13]. The data related to knowledge of adolescent
pregnant women is little so the aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge of adolescent pregnant
women about their Obstetrics health issues at El Zawya village.
II. Aim of the study:
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El Zawya
Village, Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the
same village.
Research Questions:
 What is the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy at El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt?
 What is the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same village?
III. Subjects and Methods:
Research Design:
A Cross Sectional study was used in carrying out this study.
Setting:
The study was conducted at Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City. This hospital
presents many health services such as: vaccinations during pregnancy, family planning services, Antenatal care,
and referral of high risk cases to tertiary hospitals.
Sample:
This prospective study comprised 200 simple random samples of adolescent pregnant women who
received antenatal care at Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Villages, Assiut City, Egypt. This sample was
recruited according to the sample size equation which is calculated by the researcher through the use of Epi Info
program version 3.3 with power 80%, CI 95% and prevalence 11%, worst acceptable 22%, so sample size will
210 individual which will be inflated with 10% to avoid drop out 350.
Tools:
The following tool was used in the current study:
A Structured Interviewing questionnaire is designed by the investigator to be filled from each adolescent
pregnant woman who visited Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City.
The data was collected in the sheet included the following data:
 Part 1: Sociodemographic Characteristics:
 (Name, age, address, educational level, and occupation)
 Part 2: Obstetric History:
 (No. of Gravidity, Parity, abortions,--------)
 Outcomes of previous deliveries if present:
 The history of previous last pregnancy complications:
 Antenatal complications: (Antepartum haemorrhage, pregnancy induced hypertension, abortion,----------)
 Natal complications: (Intra-partum haemorrhage, prolonged labour, Obstructed labour,----------------------)
 Postnatal complications: (Postpartum haemorrhage, Puerperal sepsis, others)
 The place of delivery: (Hospital, Home, --------)
 The data related to the current pregnancy:
Weeks of gestation: wks
 Data related to the perinatal health aspects of teenage pregnancy:
 Antenatal health aspects:
 Natal health aspects:
 Postnatal health issues:
 The social aspects:
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The Procedure:
The investigator interviewed the adolescent pregnant women at the Family Health Hospital, El Zawya
Villages, Assiut City, Egypt. All ethical considerations were clarified to each woman before explanation of the
nature of the study.
Methods:
Before implementation of the study, an official permission was obtained from the Dean of the Faculty
of Nursing directed to the manager of Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt after full
explanation of the aim of the study. The pilot study was carried out on 20 women before implementation of the
study to test the validity and reliability of the tools. The purpose of the pilot test was to: evaluate the time
needed for conducting the interview and the validity of the questions to create an easy flowing instrument. The
necessary modifications were done based on the results of the pilot study. Women who participated in the pilot
study were not included in the main study. The data were collected over one year, January 2013 to December
2014. The investigator started to introduce herself to the woman and explained the nature of the study to obtain
an oral consent from them to participate in the study. Some women refused to participate in the research, so they
were excluded from the research. The investigator met the women in the antenatal clinic. The investigator began
to collect the questionnaire which included socio demographic characteristics such as name, age, education and
occupation. Obstetric history such as gravidity, parity, abortion, and others. Then the investigator began to
collect the data related to antenatal, natal and postnatal complications. The data related to current pregnancy and
finally, the investigator assesses the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women about their health
aspects. The number of women interviewed per day was 2-3 women. The average time taken for filling each
tool was around 15-20 minutes depending on the response of the woman. Each woman was reassured that the
information obtained was confidential and used only for the purpose of the study.
IV. Statistical analysis:
Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS version 16 Software Package. Data collected were coded
and analyzed. The results were tabulated and statistically compared using student t-test to compare difference
between two mean and chi- square to compare differences in distribution of frequencies among postpartum
women. A significant P-value was considered when it is less than or equal 0.05.
Ethical consideration
 Risk – benefit assessment. There is no risk at all during application of the research.
 Confidentiality was mentioned during all stages of the study.
Informed consent was taken from women for their approval to participate in this study
V. Results:
Table 1: Distribution of the studied sample according to socio-demographic characteristics:
Sociodemographic characteristics:
No. (200)
% P. value
Age
14 – 16 years 19 9.5
<0.001**
17 – 19 years 181 90.5
Range 14 - 19 years
mean + SD 18.0+1.1
The age at marriage
<16 years 21 10.5
<0.001**
16 – 19 years 179 89.5
Range 12 - 19 years
Mean + SD 16.7 + 1.1
Educational level
Illiterate 18 9.0
<0.001**
Read & write 26 13.0
Basic 127 63.5
Secondary 26 13.0
University 3 1.5
Occupation
Housewives 187 93.5
<0.001**
Employer 13 6.5
Consanguinity
Yes 142 71.0
<0.001**
No 58 29.0
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Table (1) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women aged from 17-19 years old which is
considered as their age of marriage and they also housewives (90.5%, 89.5% and 93.5% ) respectively.
Concerning education, nearly two thirds of them (63.5%) had basic educations. More than two thirds of the
sample (71%) has consanguinity with their husbands. As regards Obstetric history, the majority of adolescent
pregnant women (95%) were primigravida, only 5% of women were multigravida and more than half of them
(55%) had previous antenatal complications.
The results show that the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women was 200/600=33.3%
Table 2: Distribution of the studied sample according to the current pregnancy:
Data related to current pregnancy:
No. (200) % P. value
The weeks of gestation
1st
trimester 4 2.0
<0.001**2nd
trimester 128 64.0
3rd
68 34.0
Range 7 - 32 weeks
Mean + SD 20.6+4.6 weeks
Regular antenatal visits:
Done 57 28.5
<0.001**
Not done 143 71.5
Frequency
One monthly 16 28.1
0.108Ns
Once every two weeks 5 8.8
Every weeks 13 22.8
When I have a problem or complaint 10 17.5
According to the doctor order 13 22.8
Antenatal counseling
Done 5 2.5
<0.001**
Not done 195 97.5
Table (2) indicates that nearly two thirds of women (64%) were in the second trimester of pregnancy
with the mean gestational age was 20.6+4.6 weeks. As regards antenatal care visits, only more than one fourth
of women had regular antenatal visit every month (28.5% & 28.1%) respectively. The vast majority of women
(97.5%) didn’t receive antenatal counseling during these visits.
Table (3): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about antenatal health needs:
No. (200) % P. value
Nutritional needs according to her trimester:
Yes 10 5.0
<0.001**
No 190 95.0
Frequency
Correct information 1 10.0
<0.001**
Incorrect information 9 90.0
Vaccinations during pregnancy
Yes 22 11.0
<0.001**
No 178 89.0
Frequency
Tetanus Toxoid (TT) 22 100.0
Warning signs during pregnancy
Yes 10 5.0
<0.001**
No 190 95.0
Frequency
Correct information 4 40.0
Incorrect information 6 60.0
Hygienic care during pregnancy
Yes 28 14.0
<0.001**
No 172 86.0
Frequency
Correct information 21 75.0
Incorrect information 7 25.0
Table (3) identifies that the vast majority of women didn’t know any information about nutritional
needs and warning signs during pregnancy (95% & 95%) respectively.
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Table (4): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about the ideal antenatal visits
No. (200) % P. value
The ideal antenatal visits
Yes 16 8.0
<0.001**
No 184 92.0
Frequency
From 1st to the end of 7th month (one monthly) 6 37.5
0.687Ns
From 8th to its end (twice monthly) 6 37.5
From 9th month uptill delivery (once weekly) 4 25.0
Table (4) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women (92%) had no information about the
ideal antenatal visits.
Table (5): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about natal aspects:
No. (200) % P. value
The signs of true labour pain
Yes 8 4.0
<0.001**
No 192 96.0
Frequency
Correct information 4 50.0
1.000Ns
Incorrect information 4 50.0
warning signs that need hospitalization
Yes 9 4.5
<0.001**
No 191 95.5
Frequency
Correct information 6 66.7
0.156Ns
Incorrect information 3 33.3
Timing of bearing down during labour
Yes 3 1.5
<0.001**
No 197 98.5
Frequency
Correct 3 100.0
0.014*
Incorrect 0 0.0
The place of delivery
Home 41 20.5
<0.001**
Hospital 159 79.5
As regards to the natal aspects, table (5) identifies that the vast majority of adolescent pregnant women
had no information about signs of true labour pain, warning signs and the time of bearing down during labour
(96%, 95.5% & 98.5%) respectively.
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Table (6): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about postnatal aspects:
No. (200) % P. value
Time of initiation of breast feeding
Yes 28 14.0
<0.001**
No 172 86.0
Frequency
Correct information 20 71.4
0.001**
Incorrect information 8 28.6
Making perineal care
Yes 23 11.5
<0.001**
No 177 88.5
Frequency
Correct information 15 65.2
<0.001**
Incorrect information 8 34.8
Making newborn care
Yes 30 15.0
<0.001**
No 170 85.0
Frequency
Correct information 30 100.0
<0.001**
Incorrect information 0 0.0
Postpartum nutritional needs
Yes 170 85.0
<0.001**
No 30 15.0
Frequency
Correct information 5 16.7
Incorrect information 25 83.3
As regards to the postnatal aspects, table (6) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women
had no information about the time of initiation of breast feeding, making perineal care and newborn care (86%,
88.5% & 85%).
Table (7): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about proper postpartum
family planning methods:
No. (200) % P. value
Postpartum family planning methods
Yes 11 5.5
<0.001**
No 189 94.5
Frequency
Correct information 1 9.1
<0.001**
Incorrect information 10 90.9
The common postpartum complications
Yes 7 3.5
<0.001**
No 193 96.5
Frequency
Correct information 7 100.0
<0.001**
Incorrect information 0 0.0
Table (7) shows that the vast majority of adolescent pregnant women had no information about
postpartum family planning methods and postpartum complications (94% & 96.5%) respectively.
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Table (8): Distribution of the studied sample according to their social aspects:
Social aspects: No. (200) % P. value
The causes of early marriage:
I don’t know 117 58.5
<0.001**
Family decision 17 8.5
Customs & traditions 53 26.5
Financial problems 5 2.5
literally 4 2.0
Relative marriage 1 0.5
Social problems 3 1.5
The decision of early marriage by whom:
By my father 183 91.5
<0.001**
By my self 17 8.5
The decision about her health care by whom:
By her husband 98 49.0
<0.001**
Jointly with her husband 102 51.0
As regards to social aspects, table (8) identifies that more than half of adolescent pregnant women
(58.5%) didn’t know the cause of their early marriage.
Table (9): The relationship between Obstetric aspects and knowledge of adolescent pregnant women:
Obstetric aspects:
Unsatisfactory Satisfactory P. value
No. % No. %
Antenatal health aspects 199 99.5 1 0.5 0.000**
Natal health aspects 196 98.0 4 2.0 0.000**
Postnatal health issues 192 96.0 8 4.0 0.000**
Table (9): shows that there are highly significance differences between Obstetric aspects and
knowledge of adolescent pregnant women (P.V. = 0.000).
VI. Discussion:
Nearly 16 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 years old give births each year, roughly 11% of all births
occur in developing countries. In developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth related complications are the
leading cause of death among adolescent girls. (WHO, 2012).
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El Zawya Village,
Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same
village.
As regards to sociodemographic data, the study explored that the mean age of adolescent pregnant
women is 18.0+1.1 years old and the majority of them (89.5%) had age of marriage from 16-19 years old.
Concerning education, nearly two thirds of them (63.5%) had basic education.
These findings are inconsistent with Rasheed, et. al. 2011 who mentioned in his study about
Adolescent pregnancy in Upper Egypt that the mean age at marriage is 17.8 +0.9 years old and nearly one third
of them (31%) had a basic education.
In the same line, Mersal, et. al., 2013 who reported in his study about the effect of prenatal counseling
on compliance and outcomes of teenage pregnancy in Egypt that the mean age of marriage was 15.33+1.19
years old and more than two thirds of the studied sample (69.8%) had less than secondary school.
The differentiation of sociodemographic charactetistics between the present studies and others may
refer to the variation in the sample size, type and the places of conducting the studies.
The majority of teenage pregnant women (94%) were primigravida and 50% had previous antenatal
complications in a Saudian study. In contrast, other study in Canada revealed that 90% of teenage pregnant
women were primigravida.
Consistent with previous findings (Saba, et.al. 2013 and Kingston, et. al. 2015), the present study
explore that the majority of adolescent pregnant women (95%) were primigravida, and more than half of them
(55%) had previous antenatal complications.
The present study revealed that nearly two thirds of adolescent pregnant women (64%) had the 2nd
trimester. As regards antenatal care, only 28.5% of them had regular antenatal visits while the vast majority of
them (97.5%) didn’t receive antenatal counseling during these visits.
These findings are inconsistent with Mersal, et. al., 2013 who reported in his study about the effect of
prenatal counseling on compliance and outcomes of teenage pregnancy that more than 70% of participants had
made only one visit to the antenatal care clinic.
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In contrast, Edssy, et. al., 2014 who mentioned in his study about teenage pregnancy and fetal outcome
in Egypt that there was a high rate of teenagers had adequate antenatal care (93.6%).
In the same line, an Egyptian study about adolescent pregnancy in Upper Egypt done by Resheed, et.
al., 2011 who reported that the majority of the participants (94%) had adequate antenatal care.
Kingston, et. al., 2015 mentioned in his study about comparison of adolescent, young adult and adult’s
women’s Maternity experiences and practices in Canada that only half of participants (50.5%) had antenatal
counseling.
The present findings revealed that the majority of adolescent pregnant women had lack of information
about nutritional needs, vaccinations, warning signs and hygienic care during pregnancy (95%, 89%, 95% 86%)
respectively.
These findings are inconsistent with Mersal, et. al. 2011 who reported that only half of adolescent
pregnant women (51%) had an information about nutrition while more than one third of them had an
information about immunization, danger signs and hygiene (37.2%; 37.2% and 32.6%) respectively.
The researcher found that early initiators of perinatal care possessed positive attitudes towards
pregnancy were knowledgeable about pregnancy signs and symptoms and thought perineal care was important
(Tilghman & Lovette, 2008).
The present study revealed that there are lack of knowledge of adolescent pregnant women about the
time of initiation of breast feeding, perineal care and newborn care.
These findings are inconsistent with Kingston, et. al., 2015 who mentioned in his study that more than
two thirds of teenage pregnant women (70%) had knowledge about breast feeding.
In the same line, Mersal, et.al., 2011 who reported in his study that the majority of teenage pregnant
women (80%) had knowledge about breast feeding.
Sarreria de oliveria and Corderio, 2014 mentioned in their study about nursing care needs in the
postpartum period of adolescent’s mothers that the participant showed interest in learning about newborn care
and self-care.
In contrast, Devito’s study, 2013 about how adolescent mothers feel about becoming a parent was
reported that the participant expressed little knowledge about how to care of their newborns.
In the same line, Oweis, Gharaibeb, and Aishee’s study, 2012 who reported that the adolescent’s
mothers wanted to know more information about care of episiotomy wound, perineal care, family planning and
postpartum follow up.
The results of this study explored that the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in this rural village was
33%. These findings are inconsistent with Saba, et. al., 2013 who mentioned in his study about outcome of
Teenage pregnancy that the frequency of teenage pregnancy is only 2%.
Finally, to address effectively the complexity of adolescent pregnancy, the unique issues for teenagers
in each community should be understood. Although declining national teenage pregnancy rates are promising,
the problem of early marriage and poor fetal outcomes are still persisting.
VII. Conclusions:
It is concluded that there is a lack of perinatal knowledge about adolescent pregnant women in rural
village, Egypt
VIII. Recommendations:
 Increase teenage pregnant women’s awareness through perinatal educational programs to improve their
maternal and fetal outcomes.
 More researches should be done to assess the level of knowledge of teenage pregnant women in rural
communities to reduce poor maternal and fetal outcomes.
Acknowledgements:
We would like to express our deep appreciation to all patients who participate in succession my
research. We would also like to thank the medical and nursing staffs who participate in highlighting the aims of
my research. Finally, I am highly indebted to the anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions.
Corresponding author
Ghadah A. Mahmoud
Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing Dept, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
Ghada.mahfouz@nursing.au.edu.eg
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  • 1. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS) e-ISSN: 2320–1959.p- ISSN: 2320–1940 Volume 4, Issue 6 Ver. II (Nov. - Dec. 2015), PP 45-53 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 45 | Page Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt. Ghadah Abdelrahman Mahmoud Abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same village. A Cross Sectional study was used in carrying out this study. A Structured Interviewing questionnaire is designed by the investigator to be filled from each adolescent pregnant woman who visited Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City. The results indicated that nearly two thirds of women (64%) were in the second trimester of pregnancy with the mean gestational age was 20.6+4.6 weeks. The vast majority of women didn’t know any information about nutritional needs and warning signs during pregnancy and they had no information about postpartum family planning methods and postpartum complications (94% & 96.5%) respectively. more than half of adolescent pregnant women (58.5%) didn’t know the cause of their early marriage. It is concluded that there is a lack of perinatal knowledge about adolescent pregnant women in rural village, Egypt I. Introduction: Adolescent reproductive health and rights have received much global attention during the last two decades. Many of these issues among adolescents have become major public health problems in various parts of the world and need to be addressed: unintended pregnancies, abortions, and sexual transmitted infections (STI) [1]. The term “adolescent” is often used synonymously with “teenager”. In this sense “adolescent pregnancy” means pregnancy in a woman aged 10–19 years [2]. In most statistics the age of the woman is defined as her age at the time the baby is born. Because a considerable difference exists between a 12- or 13- year-old girl, and a young woman of say 19, authors sometimes distinguish between adolescents aged 15–19 years, and younger adolescents aged 10–14 years [3]. The reasons for teenage pregnancy may be multifactorial and have a self-behavioral, traditional, social, cultural, or religious foundation. Poverty, low socioeconomic status, limited education, and early sexual activity are the main factors perpetuating the problem of adolescent pregnancy. Other factors such as risk-taking behavior and lack of information about contraception have also been proposed [4]. Adolescence is a critical period, during which a person is no longer a child but is not yet a fully mature adult. Adolescent pregnancy has been reported to have deleterious reproductive implications for women, in addition to placing a burden on the community. The most frequently reported complications are increased risk of preterm labor, intrauterine growth retardation, cesarean delivery, and low birth weight. However, the effect of confounders such as smoking and alcohol intake could not be ruled out in many previous studies [5]. In recent decades adolescent pregnancy has become an important health issue in a great number of countries, both developed and developing. However, pregnancy in adolescence (i.e. in a girl <20 years of age) is by no means a new phenomenon. In large regions of the world (e.g. South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa), age at marriage has traditionally been low in kinship-based societies and economies. In such cases most girls married soon after menarche, fertility was high, and consequently many children were born from adolescent mothers [6]. More than 14 million adolescent girls give birth each year. Although these births occur in all societies, 12.8 million, more than 90%, are in developing countries. In some societies girls marry and start their families before their own childhoods have ended. In other countries the majority of births to young mothers occur outside marriage where there is a high rate of sexual activity amongst adolescents, some of it coerced, or linked to poverty and social exclusion [7]. Some health risks associated with pregnancy and childbearing are more pronounced among adolescents than among older women (World Health Organization, 2003b), due to the adolescents’ physiological and psychological immaturity, lack of adequate antenatal care and safe delivery. Health problems experienced by adolescent mothers are confounded by parity, because parity 1 and low age often occur simultaneously [8]. Adolescent girls who give birth each year have a much higher risk of dying from maternal causes compared to women in their 20s and 30s. These risks increase greatly as maternal age decreases, with adolescents under 16 facing four times the risk of maternal death as women over 20. Moreover, babies born to adolescents also face a significantly higher risk of death compared to babies born to older women [9].
  • 2. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 46 | Page Adolescent pregnancy is one of the main issues in every health system since early pregnancy can have harmful implications on girl’s physical, psychological, economic and social status [10]. Teenage pregnancy is a worldwide phenomenon affecting both developed and developing countries [11]. About 15 million women/girls aged less than 20 years give birth each year, roughly 11% of all births worldwide. The vast majority of these births, almost 95% occur in developing countries [12]. In Egypt, by the age of 19 years, one fifth of married women have already begun childbearing [13]. Egypt has a high birth rate, which is nearly constant at 2.7% and the rate of adolescent pregnancy ranges from 4.1% in urban societies to 11.3% in rural areas [13]. The data related to knowledge of adolescent pregnant women is little so the aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge of adolescent pregnant women about their Obstetrics health issues at El Zawya village. II. Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same village. Research Questions:  What is the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy at El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt?  What is the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same village? III. Subjects and Methods: Research Design: A Cross Sectional study was used in carrying out this study. Setting: The study was conducted at Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City. This hospital presents many health services such as: vaccinations during pregnancy, family planning services, Antenatal care, and referral of high risk cases to tertiary hospitals. Sample: This prospective study comprised 200 simple random samples of adolescent pregnant women who received antenatal care at Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Villages, Assiut City, Egypt. This sample was recruited according to the sample size equation which is calculated by the researcher through the use of Epi Info program version 3.3 with power 80%, CI 95% and prevalence 11%, worst acceptable 22%, so sample size will 210 individual which will be inflated with 10% to avoid drop out 350. Tools: The following tool was used in the current study: A Structured Interviewing questionnaire is designed by the investigator to be filled from each adolescent pregnant woman who visited Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City. The data was collected in the sheet included the following data:  Part 1: Sociodemographic Characteristics:  (Name, age, address, educational level, and occupation)  Part 2: Obstetric History:  (No. of Gravidity, Parity, abortions,--------)  Outcomes of previous deliveries if present:  The history of previous last pregnancy complications:  Antenatal complications: (Antepartum haemorrhage, pregnancy induced hypertension, abortion,----------)  Natal complications: (Intra-partum haemorrhage, prolonged labour, Obstructed labour,----------------------)  Postnatal complications: (Postpartum haemorrhage, Puerperal sepsis, others)  The place of delivery: (Hospital, Home, --------)  The data related to the current pregnancy: Weeks of gestation: wks  Data related to the perinatal health aspects of teenage pregnancy:  Antenatal health aspects:  Natal health aspects:  Postnatal health issues:  The social aspects:
  • 3. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 47 | Page The Procedure: The investigator interviewed the adolescent pregnant women at the Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Villages, Assiut City, Egypt. All ethical considerations were clarified to each woman before explanation of the nature of the study. Methods: Before implementation of the study, an official permission was obtained from the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing directed to the manager of Family Health Hospital, El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt after full explanation of the aim of the study. The pilot study was carried out on 20 women before implementation of the study to test the validity and reliability of the tools. The purpose of the pilot test was to: evaluate the time needed for conducting the interview and the validity of the questions to create an easy flowing instrument. The necessary modifications were done based on the results of the pilot study. Women who participated in the pilot study were not included in the main study. The data were collected over one year, January 2013 to December 2014. The investigator started to introduce herself to the woman and explained the nature of the study to obtain an oral consent from them to participate in the study. Some women refused to participate in the research, so they were excluded from the research. The investigator met the women in the antenatal clinic. The investigator began to collect the questionnaire which included socio demographic characteristics such as name, age, education and occupation. Obstetric history such as gravidity, parity, abortion, and others. Then the investigator began to collect the data related to antenatal, natal and postnatal complications. The data related to current pregnancy and finally, the investigator assesses the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women about their health aspects. The number of women interviewed per day was 2-3 women. The average time taken for filling each tool was around 15-20 minutes depending on the response of the woman. Each woman was reassured that the information obtained was confidential and used only for the purpose of the study. IV. Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS version 16 Software Package. Data collected were coded and analyzed. The results were tabulated and statistically compared using student t-test to compare difference between two mean and chi- square to compare differences in distribution of frequencies among postpartum women. A significant P-value was considered when it is less than or equal 0.05. Ethical consideration  Risk – benefit assessment. There is no risk at all during application of the research.  Confidentiality was mentioned during all stages of the study. Informed consent was taken from women for their approval to participate in this study V. Results: Table 1: Distribution of the studied sample according to socio-demographic characteristics: Sociodemographic characteristics: No. (200) % P. value Age 14 – 16 years 19 9.5 <0.001** 17 – 19 years 181 90.5 Range 14 - 19 years mean + SD 18.0+1.1 The age at marriage <16 years 21 10.5 <0.001** 16 – 19 years 179 89.5 Range 12 - 19 years Mean + SD 16.7 + 1.1 Educational level Illiterate 18 9.0 <0.001** Read & write 26 13.0 Basic 127 63.5 Secondary 26 13.0 University 3 1.5 Occupation Housewives 187 93.5 <0.001** Employer 13 6.5 Consanguinity Yes 142 71.0 <0.001** No 58 29.0
  • 4. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 48 | Page Table (1) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women aged from 17-19 years old which is considered as their age of marriage and they also housewives (90.5%, 89.5% and 93.5% ) respectively. Concerning education, nearly two thirds of them (63.5%) had basic educations. More than two thirds of the sample (71%) has consanguinity with their husbands. As regards Obstetric history, the majority of adolescent pregnant women (95%) were primigravida, only 5% of women were multigravida and more than half of them (55%) had previous antenatal complications. The results show that the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women was 200/600=33.3% Table 2: Distribution of the studied sample according to the current pregnancy: Data related to current pregnancy: No. (200) % P. value The weeks of gestation 1st trimester 4 2.0 <0.001**2nd trimester 128 64.0 3rd 68 34.0 Range 7 - 32 weeks Mean + SD 20.6+4.6 weeks Regular antenatal visits: Done 57 28.5 <0.001** Not done 143 71.5 Frequency One monthly 16 28.1 0.108Ns Once every two weeks 5 8.8 Every weeks 13 22.8 When I have a problem or complaint 10 17.5 According to the doctor order 13 22.8 Antenatal counseling Done 5 2.5 <0.001** Not done 195 97.5 Table (2) indicates that nearly two thirds of women (64%) were in the second trimester of pregnancy with the mean gestational age was 20.6+4.6 weeks. As regards antenatal care visits, only more than one fourth of women had regular antenatal visit every month (28.5% & 28.1%) respectively. The vast majority of women (97.5%) didn’t receive antenatal counseling during these visits. Table (3): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about antenatal health needs: No. (200) % P. value Nutritional needs according to her trimester: Yes 10 5.0 <0.001** No 190 95.0 Frequency Correct information 1 10.0 <0.001** Incorrect information 9 90.0 Vaccinations during pregnancy Yes 22 11.0 <0.001** No 178 89.0 Frequency Tetanus Toxoid (TT) 22 100.0 Warning signs during pregnancy Yes 10 5.0 <0.001** No 190 95.0 Frequency Correct information 4 40.0 Incorrect information 6 60.0 Hygienic care during pregnancy Yes 28 14.0 <0.001** No 172 86.0 Frequency Correct information 21 75.0 Incorrect information 7 25.0 Table (3) identifies that the vast majority of women didn’t know any information about nutritional needs and warning signs during pregnancy (95% & 95%) respectively.
  • 5. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 49 | Page Table (4): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about the ideal antenatal visits No. (200) % P. value The ideal antenatal visits Yes 16 8.0 <0.001** No 184 92.0 Frequency From 1st to the end of 7th month (one monthly) 6 37.5 0.687Ns From 8th to its end (twice monthly) 6 37.5 From 9th month uptill delivery (once weekly) 4 25.0 Table (4) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women (92%) had no information about the ideal antenatal visits. Table (5): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about natal aspects: No. (200) % P. value The signs of true labour pain Yes 8 4.0 <0.001** No 192 96.0 Frequency Correct information 4 50.0 1.000Ns Incorrect information 4 50.0 warning signs that need hospitalization Yes 9 4.5 <0.001** No 191 95.5 Frequency Correct information 6 66.7 0.156Ns Incorrect information 3 33.3 Timing of bearing down during labour Yes 3 1.5 <0.001** No 197 98.5 Frequency Correct 3 100.0 0.014* Incorrect 0 0.0 The place of delivery Home 41 20.5 <0.001** Hospital 159 79.5 As regards to the natal aspects, table (5) identifies that the vast majority of adolescent pregnant women had no information about signs of true labour pain, warning signs and the time of bearing down during labour (96%, 95.5% & 98.5%) respectively.
  • 6. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 50 | Page Table (6): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about postnatal aspects: No. (200) % P. value Time of initiation of breast feeding Yes 28 14.0 <0.001** No 172 86.0 Frequency Correct information 20 71.4 0.001** Incorrect information 8 28.6 Making perineal care Yes 23 11.5 <0.001** No 177 88.5 Frequency Correct information 15 65.2 <0.001** Incorrect information 8 34.8 Making newborn care Yes 30 15.0 <0.001** No 170 85.0 Frequency Correct information 30 100.0 <0.001** Incorrect information 0 0.0 Postpartum nutritional needs Yes 170 85.0 <0.001** No 30 15.0 Frequency Correct information 5 16.7 Incorrect information 25 83.3 As regards to the postnatal aspects, table (6) shows that the majority of adolescent pregnant women had no information about the time of initiation of breast feeding, making perineal care and newborn care (86%, 88.5% & 85%). Table (7): Distribution of the studied sample according to their knowledge about proper postpartum family planning methods: No. (200) % P. value Postpartum family planning methods Yes 11 5.5 <0.001** No 189 94.5 Frequency Correct information 1 9.1 <0.001** Incorrect information 10 90.9 The common postpartum complications Yes 7 3.5 <0.001** No 193 96.5 Frequency Correct information 7 100.0 <0.001** Incorrect information 0 0.0 Table (7) shows that the vast majority of adolescent pregnant women had no information about postpartum family planning methods and postpartum complications (94% & 96.5%) respectively.
  • 7. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 51 | Page Table (8): Distribution of the studied sample according to their social aspects: Social aspects: No. (200) % P. value The causes of early marriage: I don’t know 117 58.5 <0.001** Family decision 17 8.5 Customs & traditions 53 26.5 Financial problems 5 2.5 literally 4 2.0 Relative marriage 1 0.5 Social problems 3 1.5 The decision of early marriage by whom: By my father 183 91.5 <0.001** By my self 17 8.5 The decision about her health care by whom: By her husband 98 49.0 <0.001** Jointly with her husband 102 51.0 As regards to social aspects, table (8) identifies that more than half of adolescent pregnant women (58.5%) didn’t know the cause of their early marriage. Table (9): The relationship between Obstetric aspects and knowledge of adolescent pregnant women: Obstetric aspects: Unsatisfactory Satisfactory P. value No. % No. % Antenatal health aspects 199 99.5 1 0.5 0.000** Natal health aspects 196 98.0 4 2.0 0.000** Postnatal health issues 192 96.0 8 4.0 0.000** Table (9): shows that there are highly significance differences between Obstetric aspects and knowledge of adolescent pregnant women (P.V. = 0.000). VI. Discussion: Nearly 16 million adolescent girls aged 15-19 years old give births each year, roughly 11% of all births occur in developing countries. In developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth related complications are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls. (WHO, 2012). This study aimed to assess the prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent women at El Zawya Village, Assiut City, Egypt and to assess the perinatal knowledge of these adolescent pregnant women at the same village. As regards to sociodemographic data, the study explored that the mean age of adolescent pregnant women is 18.0+1.1 years old and the majority of them (89.5%) had age of marriage from 16-19 years old. Concerning education, nearly two thirds of them (63.5%) had basic education. These findings are inconsistent with Rasheed, et. al. 2011 who mentioned in his study about Adolescent pregnancy in Upper Egypt that the mean age at marriage is 17.8 +0.9 years old and nearly one third of them (31%) had a basic education. In the same line, Mersal, et. al., 2013 who reported in his study about the effect of prenatal counseling on compliance and outcomes of teenage pregnancy in Egypt that the mean age of marriage was 15.33+1.19 years old and more than two thirds of the studied sample (69.8%) had less than secondary school. The differentiation of sociodemographic charactetistics between the present studies and others may refer to the variation in the sample size, type and the places of conducting the studies. The majority of teenage pregnant women (94%) were primigravida and 50% had previous antenatal complications in a Saudian study. In contrast, other study in Canada revealed that 90% of teenage pregnant women were primigravida. Consistent with previous findings (Saba, et.al. 2013 and Kingston, et. al. 2015), the present study explore that the majority of adolescent pregnant women (95%) were primigravida, and more than half of them (55%) had previous antenatal complications. The present study revealed that nearly two thirds of adolescent pregnant women (64%) had the 2nd trimester. As regards antenatal care, only 28.5% of them had regular antenatal visits while the vast majority of them (97.5%) didn’t receive antenatal counseling during these visits. These findings are inconsistent with Mersal, et. al., 2013 who reported in his study about the effect of prenatal counseling on compliance and outcomes of teenage pregnancy that more than 70% of participants had made only one visit to the antenatal care clinic.
  • 8. Perinatal health awareness among adolescent pregnant women in El zawya Village, Assiut... DOI: 10.9790/1959-04624553 www.iosrjournals.org 52 | Page In contrast, Edssy, et. al., 2014 who mentioned in his study about teenage pregnancy and fetal outcome in Egypt that there was a high rate of teenagers had adequate antenatal care (93.6%). In the same line, an Egyptian study about adolescent pregnancy in Upper Egypt done by Resheed, et. al., 2011 who reported that the majority of the participants (94%) had adequate antenatal care. Kingston, et. al., 2015 mentioned in his study about comparison of adolescent, young adult and adult’s women’s Maternity experiences and practices in Canada that only half of participants (50.5%) had antenatal counseling. The present findings revealed that the majority of adolescent pregnant women had lack of information about nutritional needs, vaccinations, warning signs and hygienic care during pregnancy (95%, 89%, 95% 86%) respectively. These findings are inconsistent with Mersal, et. al. 2011 who reported that only half of adolescent pregnant women (51%) had an information about nutrition while more than one third of them had an information about immunization, danger signs and hygiene (37.2%; 37.2% and 32.6%) respectively. The researcher found that early initiators of perinatal care possessed positive attitudes towards pregnancy were knowledgeable about pregnancy signs and symptoms and thought perineal care was important (Tilghman & Lovette, 2008). The present study revealed that there are lack of knowledge of adolescent pregnant women about the time of initiation of breast feeding, perineal care and newborn care. These findings are inconsistent with Kingston, et. al., 2015 who mentioned in his study that more than two thirds of teenage pregnant women (70%) had knowledge about breast feeding. In the same line, Mersal, et.al., 2011 who reported in his study that the majority of teenage pregnant women (80%) had knowledge about breast feeding. Sarreria de oliveria and Corderio, 2014 mentioned in their study about nursing care needs in the postpartum period of adolescent’s mothers that the participant showed interest in learning about newborn care and self-care. In contrast, Devito’s study, 2013 about how adolescent mothers feel about becoming a parent was reported that the participant expressed little knowledge about how to care of their newborns. In the same line, Oweis, Gharaibeb, and Aishee’s study, 2012 who reported that the adolescent’s mothers wanted to know more information about care of episiotomy wound, perineal care, family planning and postpartum follow up. The results of this study explored that the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in this rural village was 33%. These findings are inconsistent with Saba, et. al., 2013 who mentioned in his study about outcome of Teenage pregnancy that the frequency of teenage pregnancy is only 2%. Finally, to address effectively the complexity of adolescent pregnancy, the unique issues for teenagers in each community should be understood. Although declining national teenage pregnancy rates are promising, the problem of early marriage and poor fetal outcomes are still persisting. VII. Conclusions: It is concluded that there is a lack of perinatal knowledge about adolescent pregnant women in rural village, Egypt VIII. Recommendations:  Increase teenage pregnant women’s awareness through perinatal educational programs to improve their maternal and fetal outcomes.  More researches should be done to assess the level of knowledge of teenage pregnant women in rural communities to reduce poor maternal and fetal outcomes. Acknowledgements: We would like to express our deep appreciation to all patients who participate in succession my research. We would also like to thank the medical and nursing staffs who participate in highlighting the aims of my research. Finally, I am highly indebted to the anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions. Corresponding author Ghadah A. Mahmoud Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing Dept, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. Ghada.mahfouz@nursing.au.edu.eg
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