The effect of maternal age on the progress of vaginal delivery | ||
| Kerbala Journal of Medicine | ||
| Article 26, Volume 5, Issue 11, June 2012, Pages 1380-1383 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Iqbal Qassim Jaber; Muna kasim mahmood | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Back ground and Objective : teenage pregnancy is defined as maternal age less than 20 years of age,while advanced maternal age is defined as maternal age more than 35 years1. In this study we want to determine whether there is a continuous effect of maternal age on the progress of vaginal delivery in a selected low risk pregnancy with spontanuous term labour. Materials and methods:- prospective study, 100 low risk pregnancy with spontanuous term labour. Female were divided into two groups, the first group were the maternal age equal to or less than 20 years (60 cases) and the second group were the maternal age more than 20 years of age (40 cases). There progress of vaginal delivery were monitored and the out come of delivery were recorded.These groups then analysed according to maternal age for the progress of labour to vaginal, instrumental or caesarean section using SPSS variant 10. Results:- The incidence of vaginal delivery was 90% for those maternal age equal to or less than 20 years and 87.5% for those maternal age more than 20 years of age ( P value 0.494). Conclusion:- There is minimal effect of maternal age on the progress of vaginal delivery in selected low risk term pregnancy with spontaneous labour which is not statistically significant. | ||
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