Adverse Pregnancy Outcome and Maternal Age among Women Attended Kirkuk City Hospitals: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Objective: To identify and contrast unfavorable pregnancy outcomes between two age groups of pregnant women who visited Kirkuk city hospitals. Methods: A sample of 280 women with ages ranging from 19 to 35 years old were subjected to a quantitative (descriptive) study design between October 2022 and May 2023. from the three main hospitals in Kirkuk City, a deliberate sample was chosen. A structured questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Data input and analysis were conducted using SPSS version 22.0. Statistical techniques that are both descriptive and inferential are employed. Results: A total of 280 mothers took part; both groups were housewives with low incomes and elementary school graduates. While the older age group had between 3 and 4 pregnancies and deliveries by CS for both groups, the adolescent group only had 1-2. Placenta previa, gestational hypertension, eclampsia, and olighydrominos were complications before delivery that were significantly related to the mother outcome. Conclusions: No significant relationship were accounted between distribution of maternal outcome among both groups, expectation for some complications before labor.