Background: Approximately three million teenage girls are presumed to have had unsafe abortions that may end up with serious reproductive consequences or mortality. In 2008, approximately 13% of teenagers aged <15 years and 14% of adolescents aged 15-17 years had a miscarriage.
Aim: this study aimed to determine the prevalence and rates of related factors of teen early miscarriage at Minia and Sohag governorates.
Subjects and methods: A cross–section study was carried out at Minia University Hospital and Sohag General Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology departments in the period from July 2018 to November 2020.
Results: A total of 400 teenage pregnant were included. The age of respondents at their 1st pregnancy ranged from 15 to 19 years. About 16% of cases had complications related to previous pregnancy. About one-fifth (19.5%) had a previous history of abortion. Also, about one-tenth (10.5%) experienced miscarriage. Further, about half cases (n=198) used contraception. Likely, about two-thirds (n=242) of the sample delivered by CS. Similarly, 198 cases (49.5%) experienced complication during pregnancy. Also, 4% of mothers had birth injury while only 1% of neonates had birth injury. Additionally, 48% of cases had depression, 3.5% had thoughts of suicide, 1% had suicide attempts and 50.5% had stress disorders, 48% were exposed to violence by the parents/exposed to neglect and 51.5% exposed to abuse.
Conclusions: The majority of teenage pregnant mothers were uneducated and housewives. Most teenage mothers had no pre-existing diseases and irregular antenatal care. Higher rates of preeclampsia and low Apgar scores were notably increased among teenage pregnant. Pregnancy complications were closely associated with the patients' socio-demographics.